Someone in our church accidentally took some keys home and apologized and said they would bring them right back. That was three weeks ago. When I ask them where the keys were, they tell me that they are so busy. My response was “so what, give me my keys.”
Being busy is a choice. Everyone has the same 24 hours. Until someone invents a time machine, we are stuck in time and we all have the same amount of it. Daylight changes with the seasons and map location, but with artificial lighting we can work 24 hours straight if we want. So when a person says they are busy, it means they they, not someone else, have chosen to do more than there is time for. When I was in the military, I was told to do more than there was time for, and I was told it built character. Apart from the military or prison, people are free to choose what fills their day, and if they are too busy to do the right thing or to meet with someone, then they are out of control and chaotic.
Being busy is the excuse of the out of control. People who are busy all the time have not taken the time to figure out what they should be doing. Back in the day, I knew a man who was starting three businesses at the same time. He would never say he was busy. When I asked to meet with him, he would say that he could not because he had chosen to meet with these investors. That man was in control of his time. He may have been crazy to start three businesses, but it was his choice and he knew what he was doing. He did not blame “being busy.”
So if anyone tells me they are busy, I just walk way. I do not have time for people who use that excuse. Busy also masks what they are really doing, which is nothing important, else they would say they are going to the doctor or a teachers meeting. I have written many times on time management and people who are out of control and whose lives are in chaos need time management, but that is not their core problem. Their core problem is that they do not care about people and let the world buffet them. the Bible says things about that. When speaking about wisdom, God says, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” People who are out of control need wisdom, but this person is truly double-minded in everything they do.
Being busy is a choice. Everyone has the same 24 hours. Until someone invents a time machine, we are stuck in time and we all have the same amount of it. Daylight changes with the seasons and map location, but with artificial lighting we can work 24 hours straight if we want. So when a person says they are busy, it means they they, not someone else, have chosen to do more than there is time for. When I was in the military, I was told to do more than there was time for, and I was told it built character. Apart from the military or prison, people are free to choose what fills their day, and if they are too busy to do the right thing or to meet with someone, then they are out of control and chaotic.
Being busy is the excuse of the out of control. People who are busy all the time have not taken the time to figure out what they should be doing. Back in the day, I knew a man who was starting three businesses at the same time. He would never say he was busy. When I asked to meet with him, he would say that he could not because he had chosen to meet with these investors. That man was in control of his time. He may have been crazy to start three businesses, but it was his choice and he knew what he was doing. He did not blame “being busy.”
So if anyone tells me they are busy, I just walk way. I do not have time for people who use that excuse. Busy also masks what they are really doing, which is nothing important, else they would say they are going to the doctor or a teachers meeting. I have written many times on time management and people who are out of control and whose lives are in chaos need time management, but that is not their core problem. Their core problem is that they do not care about people and let the world buffet them. the Bible says things about that. When speaking about wisdom, God says, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.” People who are out of control need wisdom, but this person is truly double-minded in everything they do.
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