Interesting how we have made our lives so busy.
We are busy working. We are busy with the kids. We are busy busy busy.

But what are we busy doing? We are busy checking our email 9000 times per day and responding to them when one does finally come in.

We are busy checking our facebook page to see if we have any new friends or any messages.

We are busy checking our phones and texting everyone who also has nothing better to do but be "busy".

We are busy running our kids to events that they for the most part don't want to participate in - but we think they should for "their" own good.

We are busy at work. We are busy at home. We are busy busy busy.

But are we? Or are we really just wasting our life on really unimportant things.

Does our email need to be checked 9000 per day, does facebook, does our text messages need to be replied to - does this really bring us a quality of life. It certainly takes alot of our time. What about work - if we didn't check email or facebook or talk to our co-workers, or talk on the phone or meet to meet - could we really get our work done in half the time?

What if we didn't run our kids to so many events - and we turned off the tv and the video games - would they then maybe play outside with their friends on a beautiful summer night?

And what about us? When was the last time we went for a walk on a beautiful night? Walked along a river or through a beautiful park. Sat and watched the sky and the trees and thought about who we were or who we wanted to be. And envisioned who our children could be if they too were connected to this earth and to nature and to co-creating a world of peace and love.

Have you noticed how many commercials there are on pharmacutical drugs, on things to make us healthier, happier. Showing us what to spend our money on. But has all of this improved our world?

Or has all of these things that take our attention away from ourselves, away from who we are been the cause of so much disease, mental health, unhappiness, lack of passion, depression, homelessness, aggression, apathy, and an overall general disconnect from self.

It seems the more "connected" we get - the more disconnected we feel.
Maybe it's time to change the dream. Change the plan to one that sustains us, heals us, invigorates us, connects us.

What do you think...?

Ahhh the word 'BUSY'... I'm trying to take it out of my vocabulary. If we look at the way we think and if I'm thinking "I'm always busy" then I will be. Instead I'm saying "business is good, there is a steady flow of work" because I want a steady flow, I don't want to be busy.

For some reason, busy has become the norm and it's not healthy for us - we can lie in bed all day and read (who said we couldn't?) or we can sit in our garden and paint, then meditate and then listen to music (who said we have to be "doing something" while we listen to music? we can just sit and listen).

I think we can all get caught up in the unimportant stuff... it's not until we ask the question - what is important to me? to my partner? to my family? do we really know how to differentiate the important and unimportant stuff.

Great post and great food for thought. Thanks.

Great post!
I think you nailed it all. I think if i'd reverse your statement - we'll discover the cause of it all. Here's my perspective (disclaimer: male point of view):

1. Disconnection from self - that's where all "badness" begins.
2. Emotional signs of above: depression, homelessness, aggression, apathy
3. Physical signs of above: so much disease, mental health issues.
4. We are trying to compensate lack of connection with self with "action" = getting "busy". Getting busy works for the very short moment (sort of like quick orgasm effect) but than we are faced again with step 2 and step 3 effects for the lack of connection with our self.

Solution:
Get back to Step 1 - re-establish connection with who you really are.
Perhaps we can elaborate on the different ways to accomplish that.

I can elaborate on how I do it.

I meditate
I ask questions to people I can't see and watch for answers
I spend time in nature
I look at the plants and trees as I am driving and think about how incredible nature is
I consider myself connected to nature and to all that is
I realize that I can only help others if I help myself first
I realize that I can only love others if I love myself first
I realize that others can only love me if I love myself first
I nurture myself
I am kind to myself and I am my own best friend
I tell myself it is ok to do nothing and be everything
I look for the gift in all things good and bad

...how do you do it?