Busy Birds Being
Today, the Ides of March, was a do nothing kind of day. I had a few projects to work on, from putting the parable, Thy Kingdom Come…on Earth as it is Heaven into booklet form to cleaning my office but just did not feel like doing these tasks. The gloomy weather outside probably had something to do with it, but it is no excuse for doing nothing. I could have used the date just ‘to be’ in silence, sleeping, just listening to music or reading a book that I have been meaning to read. But feeling low I still felt I had to ‘do’ something rather than just ‘be’.
The compulsion ‘to do’ rather than ‘to be’ seems to be common one but I feel bad about it since I have learned this lesson about taking time to be before.
Doing, even if it is meaningless, seems to be a way, to avoid facing one one’s feelings, especially when one feels down. Yet, just being is the cue for uplifting spirits, just as a little dying can lead to new life.
To be takes trust, trust in God, self and others. To be means awareness that only my life depends on me not anyone else. To be means taking time to do nothing creatively.
When I was unemployed during times in my life and people would ask me “what I do” I knew they meant what I did for an employment. So often I would answer saying “I do nothing” which was true in the context the question was asked. When I am refreshed from being I can do more, more effectively. So when low do not worry about doing, just be.
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