Too Busy to Really Live?

Its funny how we equate organization with planning. Many of us have well organized lives that are packed with activities. A wise person once said, “Activity suggests a life full of purpose.” The truth is that well organized activity is just busyness, while a life full of purpose is one grounded in people, values, and goals.

What do you value most? Who is most important to you? What are the goals in life that you most desire to achieve? For me those things center around my faith, my family, and my friends. The complicated part for me is that all of those intersect heavily with my work life as a pastor, so I have to be intentional not to let the activity of my job become a replacement for those people and things that I say I value most. What about you?

How does what you value most translate into your daily schedule? What goals are you actually working on in those most important, most valued areas of your life? I have to plan my life according to what I say I value most or what I consider important will get swallowed up in activity. In the words of John Wooden, “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” What are you planning?