Question asked of speeding driver by the traffic police person.
Lily Tomlin once said, “The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.”
From a 1950s era cartoon, “The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get.”
Are you a church-going person? Do you find yourself on eight committees plus working at a marketplace job plus caring for a family?
Have you found yourself volunteering for extra assignments at work thinking that will lead to promotions (and even more of that work)?
Need I ask anything more?
Is it time to practice saying “No”?
Buffalo Springfield sang at the beginning of For What It’s Worth, “It’s time to stop, children…”
Take a breath. Pause. Reflect.
What are the most important ways you can contribute to yourself, your family, your community, to those you meet along the way? Know that you can’t solve all the world’s problems, but you can help where you are.
Leave time for walks in nature. Conversations. Reading good books (rather than doom scrolling). When you work, work. When you are not, focus on the present.
Jesus seemed to be busy and swamped with people, yet he always stopped along the way to teach or heal or prevent an injustice. Try to be like him.
Faith Venture 
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