Hurrying and Worrying

One of my first school assignments includes writing a narrative of my spiritual life. One part of the assignment included deciding if you are naturally a "Mary" or a "Martha." I am naturally a Martha, but have worked to develop Mary tendencies during while on my own spiritual journey.

Now, there's not anything wrong with being a Martha, unless you get involved in hurrying and worrying. Unfortunately, I spent several years of my life doing just that. I hurried from one activity to the next and worried that I wasn't doing enough or not doing it well. The truth is that I enjoyed all of those activities and they were all good, but I wasn't selective about my activities. I spent time doing "good" things and dealing with the urgent, but left the "best" things undone.

At some point, I realized the futility of hurrying and worrying. I also evaluated my activities based on the values that I wanted to have; God, family, etc. A major shuffle was in order and that is what happened. At this point I do try to live my life making decisions about involvement in activities based on what God would have me do.

Now, no more hurrying and worrying.