Ask anyone “how are you?” these days and the answer is usually the same. ”I am good, really really busy, but good.” For some reason, in our culture it is as if people feel validated or productive only if they are busy. How would you react if someone replied to your “how are you?” question with an answer like “I am great; truly refreshed, calm and peaceful.” Would you look at them like they were on drugs?? Probably.
For some reason we just have a hard time knowing how to slow down and set the pace for our lives. We have so many tasks to do, places to be, projects to complete….
And I ask myself, “what is the benefit of being so busy?” Does this ultra fast paced, over scheduled life equal success for me? Or is it just validating my existence, albeit monotonous and boring?? Has my life become that of a drone??” Afterall, it is the job of the drones to be so darn busy, albeit monotonous and boring.
In order to gain some peace during this holiday season when business is booming and family commitments are top priority, I am taking a moment to look at my life and decide if it is a “fruitful” life or just a very busy one. I am asking myself a few key questions to help me decide what tasks are relevant and important, and what tasks are just keeping me busy and bored. Is the life that I am living or the work that I am doing producing good fruit? And by good I mean hearty, juicy, plump, delicious nutritious sink-your-teeth into it fruit. Or is it just keeping me out in the field digging??
The old saying “you reap what you sow” is hard to ignore when it comes time to collect the harvest. This is the season and time of the harvest folks. Are the seeds that you planted this year producing good fruit? Or have you dug up so many fields that you just did not have the time to weed and water them all??
I encourage you to take the time today to sit and eat the fruit that you have grown. Taste the flavor of your life and decide for yourself how you want to spend your day; fruitful or busy??
I plan to sow just a few seeds today in good healthy soil knowing that the reward I’ll reap at the time of the harvest will be a plump juicy delicious piece of colorful gorgeous fruit that I will actually have time to sit down, eat and enjoy~ I hope you will do the same!
Slow down with me and enjoy a fruitful day today!! Peace!
A little bit about me… I am a professional photographer from Philadelphia who likes to play more than I like to work, so luckily my job is really fun! I think laughter is the best medicine to combat my tendency toward OCD, so sometimes I vacuum in the nude to strike a balance! (Of course I do this when the kids are at school and the fed ex guy has already made his drop! ) I have a very professional website that you can visit where there are no curse words or references to naked housecleaning, but as for this blog~ well….. there are no promises! I hope you’ll stick around anyway! 
What a great post, Karen… This really resonates with my own philosophy lately. Thanks!