Days of Healing Days of Joy........................................Oct. 31st

"Being is more important that doing................................Betty Lou B.

Reflection is important, but difficult. Meditation and reflection may seem almost impossible to some of us because these activities involve"doing" nothing. We cling to the belief that achievement, success, and progress mean doing something.

One myth in our society is that people who produce are worthwhile and people who don't are worthless. Without reflection, we tend to buy that idea whole. We don't examine or even wonder about the implications until something happens to our personal lives to drive home the foolishness of that idea: If we have a retarded child or become physically disabled or retire, what do we do then? We continue to live. And that is sufficient. Life, like beauty, is its own reason for being.

It's too bad we have to learn so many things the hard way. "Doing" is important, of course, but doing isn't everything. Being and doing are not the same thing: being is first and foremost.
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Today, I will take time for reflection. I will question the importance of some of my "busy-ness."