Our world moves at a hectic and frenetic pace
Alarms, reminders, notifications, and messages are the order of most days!
Hardly have we completed one task before another beckons and seeks our attention
We seek to cram more into fixed segments of time, we do not always have a say about our commitments
At times, we wished we could turn back the hands of time, or make it stay fixed for a while
As we scramble to meet deadlines, payments, trains, and flights that define our busy lives.
Our lives can not be sustainably lived if we run them like a rat race.
The pressures of our work days must be handled with new wisdom to guide our ways.
We need moments of stillness that calm our minds, bring us grace, times of meditation
During which we turn to our source of faith, hope, and strength for divine encouragement
Periods when we let go of our concerns, our need to be in control, and find something that makes us smile
Following which we return to our activities with renewed vigour and zest that keeps us alive.
And it yields a harvest of clarity and focus, especially to the one who prays
We gain perspective, insights, perhaps new abstractions
With which we are renewed as through a new form of nourishment
We feel like we could go on for yet another mile
Or commence another especially lengthy drive.
Where one can be still, focus, and experience divine rays
A serene spot, perhaps a corner or a chair, that's free of distractions
Be mindful of the Universe and its Creator to grow in enlightenment
