Hello, hello!
In your opinion, what do you think causes a person to live in a state of frenzy? Perhaps the misconception that speed and activity will get them to their goals faster? Mister Rogers admitted he was not a “hyperactive, runaround kind of person.” He accomplished quite a bit, regardless.
In The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers, Amy Hollingsworth shared that Fred Rogers was “also a perfectionist (guests who appeared on the show were sometimes surprised to find that he wanted them to follow a script, not just ad lib. Children, he insisted, deserved something well planned and well thought out), and he was enormously productive in his life, filming more that nine hundred episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and writing more than two hundred songs. But he also fiercely guarded his time of quiet and reflection, and he always, always took his time.”
I don’t feel I need to be someone different than who I am, I can tend to be a fast-moving person at times (I guess I have no choice homeschooling four kids and all…You should see how fast I load a dishwasher. Ha!), but I can also attest to the validity of the benefits that come from quiet time and reflection. I don’t have much of it, but I have carved out a short time in the mornings. I sit on the couch by the front window watching the little birds do their best to peck as much bird seed out of the two miniature painted bird houses designed by the girls during ‘B’ week. Then I get to work with my self-made organizer, bible, and Mister Rogers’ book in hand; and I take my time, savoring every minute of silence until the circus begins.
How do you carve out quiet time for yourself?
Until tomorrow…
