From Busyness to Peace

How in the world did we get here? To this place of fragmentation and hurry, spread so thin over an expanse of activities that we can’t even recognize ourselves anymore. When I consider where I started to lean into busyness as opposed to the call of peace and stillness, I unearthed a problem: all this time, I had been carrying the idea that my value was tied to my productivity. Somewhere along the way, I started believing that if I just did enough, I would finally be enough.

Unfortunately, seeking to do something in order to be something only resulted in a shattered sense of self that needed a miracle to be put back together.

I have a feeling I’m not the only one who has gone down the path of busyness in search of peace.