I was going to save this for Friday, but it’s too good not to use today. Misha Thompson wrote a great article On Being Busy or Being Full: How Can You Tell the Difference? and it’s so worth reading. She starts it with an Anne Lamott quote that I’ll share again here …
“..At 80,” Anne says about the students she is teaching, “will they be proud that they spent their lives keeping their houses cleaner than anyone else in the family did, except for mad Aunt Beth, who had the vapors? Or that they kept their car polished to a high sheen that made the neighbors quiver with jealousy? Or worked their fingers to the bone providing a high quality of life, but maybe accidentally forgot to be deeply and truly present for their kids, and now their grandchildren? …What fills us is real, sweet, dopey, funny life.”
I’m a pro at being busy, but often end the day feeling like I missed something. Being full is more about intention and less about reaction. It feeds the soul, not just the checklist. It’s about priorities and memory making. If we can’t do that in summer, when can we?! Go check it out!