The smartest and best man I have known jotted down some thoughts about hurry; I think they were posted in his kitchen when he died. “Hurry,” he wrote, “involves excessive haste or a state of urgency. It is associated with words such as hurl, hurdle, hurly-burly (meaning “uproar”), and hurricane.” He defined it as a “state of frantic effort one falls into in response to inadequacy, fear, and guilt.” The simple essence of hurry is too much to do! The good of being delivered from hurry is not simply pleasure but the ability to do calmly and effectively—with strength and joy—that which really matters. “We should take it as our aim,” he wrote, “to live our lives entirely without hurry. We should form a clear intention to live without hurry. One day at a time. Trying today.” We should form a mental picture of our place in the world before God. This places us in a different context. Psalm 23 does not say “The Lord is my shepherd, therefore I gotta run faster.” Shepherds rarely run. Good ones, anyway. He said to begin to eliminate things you “have” to do. He said it was important to not be afraid of “doing nothing.” He said to plan on such times. He said it would be important to deal with the panic of not being busy. To allow yourself to be in the panic, feeling it roll over you, and not going for the fix.
John Comer. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World (pp. xiii-xiv).
BUILT TO LEAD 
Love the reminder!
read the book couple years ago. Time for re-read. Also another that is good reminder is “Matthew Kelly’s book, Slowing Down to the Speed of Joy”
I really enjoy and appreciate your writing.
Mike
Amen. Amen. Amen…
I will read it! And read it…slowly…:)
Thank you, Mike.
ONWARD.
After the loss of my husband in 2022 I said to myself I would never hurry again. Hurry was food for folly. I was acutely aware of its impact on me then. Just four yrs later I am fighting again the “if I could just get more done in this time span” mode. Society and social media has its way of working itself on us. Time to re-read! I must not be fearful of the doing nothing. Praying I can sit in Gods stillness and let him fill me not the chores! Not sure it’s even in my vocabulary but I intend it to be! Thanks for sharing !
Annette,
Words build words. Your words touched me deeply. There are some “losses” that my head and heart cannot imagine. Losing a life-mate is one of those. I learned much from two of my builders watching them and seeing who they became AFTER suffering great losses. Yes…yes, we MUST always remember to slow down and see, hear and feel the wonders and love of the world that is right in front of us. Yesterday, I was blessed with another reminder to “become as the little children”…I will pray for you and your time in God’s STILLness.
Hmmmm.
Thank you for taking the time to write.
Truly.
ONWARD.
Ruth 3:18