Beginning with that first day of school when you skittishly left the
safety of home, there's been a little hole in your soul. Maybe not
consciously, but still a tiny tugging to recapture some of that lost
sense of safety. After all, you're only one small player in a huge
planetary drama where very little safety comes free.
If you take
the time to figure out why that younger world seemed so safe, chances
are the answer is: It was so much smaller, cozier, and personal. Sure,
you wanted to spread your wings and you have. Still, even the boldest
eagle returns to the nest at night.
Lately, virtually nothing in
your life is small anymore. The more successful you've become, the less
there can be of small and sheltered. Our modern world has made a
covenant with bigness and boldness. Lets call it the Walmart Effect. In
the name of convenience, efficiency, and cost benefits, the America you
grew up in has morphed into something in which there can be little room
for being little anymore!
We don't want to get maudlin about
this. Only reflective. How many neighbors do you know by name... how
many members of your church or club or community...what's the name of
the local produce man... how about the cop patrolling your streets or
the mail carrier or the newspaper fella? Well of course, our answer is:
We're busy so we do the best we can.
In fact we do no such thing.
In our daily hurry to make a buck, care for the kids, keep up with the
world around us, there's simply no time to be slow anymore. Or small or
cozy or personal. This is the big time. Little things like those are
nice but hardly necessary. Onward...!
The funny thing, though, is
that the bigger, faster, bolder we've become, the more migraines,
strokes, heart attacks and depression we've recorded. What's wrong with
this picture....?
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