you can never hear too many times of the reminder to just chill and not get swept up by the tidal waves of meetings and appointments and to-dos and urgent matters, etc.
hmm. to mary or to martha --- that is the question.
"there are more important things than mowing the lawn." today i read in ODB.
simultaneously, there are multiple projects and tasks to look into (as in, ALL at ONE time!!!). i COUNTED! there are mucho events-o going on right now! i'm reeling in the tide! too much at once, maybe. diverse, each different and seemingly significant in their own way. but one thing in common? they all have to do with PEOPLE.
lesson? it's never too early to learn that communication skills is an asset to ANY individual. i look back to 2001, and recall when i first graduated and stepped into my first job til now, it's been seven years. boy, was i wet behind the ears! talk about green. i was a freshie, and given so much room to make mistakes. now being a youth leader of sorts (interpret that however way you wish), i think i've formed at least ONE conclusion: people are not always fun. or should i say, dealing with people are not always fun. 'busyness' doesn't kill you, 'people' do.
so what in the world am i rambling on abt here?
martha without mary makes me heartless.
mary without martha makes me fruitless.
"there are more important things than mowing the lawn" isn't a very useful tip, UNLESS you know how to define what is considered as 'mowing the lawn' in your list of priorities. your lawn, my lawn, everybody's lawn? nobody's lawn?
"martha, martha, you are caught up with many things. mary has chosen the one thing."
many things are important, only some things are needful.
some things are needful, only ONE thing is indispensable.
so where your lawn's boundaries lie, which part of the lawn isn't yours - that's what you need to know. and while you're figuring that out, you need GOOD communication skills to tell PEOPLE what you think and say NO when you should.
29.8.07
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