Hold Back the River by James Bay
You know when people ask you the question, "How's it going?" And you respond by saying, "Life is busy!"
Okay, that may not be your exact conversation. But maybe it's some iteration of it?
I'll admit, I'm totally guilty of that statement. Recently, I read an article by Scott Dannemiller, 'Busy is a Sickness.' It resonated so much.
I love the idea of pushing people when they say the statement, 'I'm so busy,
to get to more depth from them. To get us to new levels of opening up. Busy is a word that can cut conversation short. Sure, we all get busy. But busy has a 1,000 definitions. What is busy for you isn't busy for me. And maybe I could learn a hell of a lot from you if I just asked the right question.
Dannemiller says some beautiful final words to close,
"So my prayer today is this. That I stop defining myself by my doing, and start defining myself by my being. That I stop measuring time by the clock on the wall, and start measuring it by the experiences I share with those around me. And that I stop seeing my life as "busy," and instead see it for what it truly is. Full."
Doesn't 'full' say so much more than 'busy'? I would ask so many questions to the person who said to me in conversation that their life is full. Why are we afraid to say that our lives our full and that they actually hold meaning? Isn't that what we're striving for? Or are we afraid to admit that we're actually happy?
I'm featuring James Bay's song, 'Hold Back the River," today. James Bay is a British singer-songwriter... I know, I have a total love for the Brits and their music.
The song starts,
"Tried to keep you close to me,
but life got in between"
and continues
"Hold back the river, let me look into your eyes
Hold back the river, so I can stop
and see where you hide."
Stop the fast flow. Stop, before everything passes us by. Stop, so we can be here, right here. Right now. And take the fullness of this beautiful life in, slowly and intentionally.
Okay, that may not be your exact conversation. But maybe it's some iteration of it?
I'll admit, I'm totally guilty of that statement. Recently, I read an article by Scott Dannemiller, 'Busy is a Sickness.' It resonated so much.
I love the idea of pushing people when they say the statement, 'I'm so busy,
to get to more depth from them. To get us to new levels of opening up. Busy is a word that can cut conversation short. Sure, we all get busy. But busy has a 1,000 definitions. What is busy for you isn't busy for me. And maybe I could learn a hell of a lot from you if I just asked the right question.
Dannemiller says some beautiful final words to close,
"So my prayer today is this. That I stop defining myself by my doing, and start defining myself by my being. That I stop measuring time by the clock on the wall, and start measuring it by the experiences I share with those around me. And that I stop seeing my life as "busy," and instead see it for what it truly is. Full."
Doesn't 'full' say so much more than 'busy'? I would ask so many questions to the person who said to me in conversation that their life is full. Why are we afraid to say that our lives our full and that they actually hold meaning? Isn't that what we're striving for? Or are we afraid to admit that we're actually happy?
I'm featuring James Bay's song, 'Hold Back the River," today. James Bay is a British singer-songwriter... I know, I have a total love for the Brits and their music.
The song starts,
"Tried to keep you close to me,
but life got in between"
and continues
"Hold back the river, let me look into your eyes
Hold back the river, so I can stop
and see where you hide."
Stop the fast flow. Stop, before everything passes us by. Stop, so we can be here, right here. Right now. And take the fullness of this beautiful life in, slowly and intentionally.
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