“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?"
We are a nation of worker ants, never disconnected from a phone that drives our lives minute by minute.
Personal computers did not emerge until the 1980's. And Apple didn't introduced the Iphone until 2007. Yet somehow we survived prior to that. We paid bills, and balanced check books without computers, and managed businesses, and relationships without constant contact.
Computers were introduced as a way to make us more efficient and provide more leisure time. But we now work longer hours than ever before with electronic leashes that allow us to be on call 24/7. Anxiety and stress have skyrocketed, and our battery and reception level dictate our mood.
Jesus said life is more than that.
Relax and simplify.
Don't allow the urgent to replace the important. Stay focused on the things that matter. Answer the question that Christ asked ... Isn't life more than what you have made it?
If it is, do something about it. You do not have to mindlessly follow the crowd. Make your own plan based on what you think matters. Don't waste another minute chasing things you don't need.
Try an experiment today and turn off all your electronics for a few minutes. Open a bible, spend some time in prayer and enjoy being still. Determine what is important in your life, and what is not.
Life is much more than what you purchase. Go deeper. Simplify your life and make sure you don't miss the dance obsessing over what you are going to wear.
"Our life is frittered away by detail....Simplify, simplify."
- Henry David Thoreau
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