Learning to Do Nothing
A productivity poem
“Learning to do nothing
I’m doing pretty well
Give it a go
And see your productivity increase tenfold.”
Thank you for reading!
Whenever I pray for help to do all the things I need to do, I always get the same answer. Relax, do nothing for a while.
I no longer fight or resist it, as it reminds me that this is the way to get things done.
In the Bible, it means that we are to abide in the source, which for the Christian is, Jesus.
No matter what I do, I hear the same message. This time it is, rest, wait, rejuvenate.
And this was confirmed this morning in church, where the title of the sermon was, “Press Pause.” It couldn’t be clearer.
We are always in a hurry to move to the next thing. We get stressed and impatient thinking we have to do it all by ourselves.
But, we don’t. We have a God (Creator of the Universe) who wants to help us.
Below are two other short pieces I wrote when it was time to press the pause button.
We need to slow down so we can reflect and think about what to do next.
If we trust in the source, we will be guided.
Thank you Illumination for publishing my poem.
