Article August 31, 1957 ISSUE

NO HURRY

ALICE CORTRIGHT

In her article "Improve Your Time" Mary Baker Eddy says (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 230), "Rushing around smartly is no proof of accomplishing much." In a talk with a visitor from overseas, an American businessman once remarked that by hastening to another type of transportation he could arrive at his office several minutes sooner. "And what," calmly inquired the visitor, "do you do with those minutes saved?" His host had ruefully to admit that all he did was just to start rushing around his daily affairs that much sooner.

The hurrying habit can seriously interfere with the harmony of the home, of the office, and even of the community, because it encourages hasty judgments, wrong decisions, and confusion.

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