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Get more done
Maybe you’ve decided to read this article because you’re busy, and the title suggests it might help you get more done. So let’s get right to the point: You can’t. What? That’s right, you can’t. Here’s something I’ve learned. As long as it is you against the clock, you versus the deadline, you will eventually stumble. The rules will change, the tasks won’t match up to the resources, or you will need to go to the hardware store one more time and find that it is closed. OK, maybe not every time, but often! Why does this feel like a losing battle? Because it is you, personally, who believes you have entered a hectic rat race. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Do you want to be really brave? It’s OK to “let go of the reins,” to listen and let God reveal to you what needs to be done. You will accomplish more and succeed as you understand that you reflect God’s infinitely superior “skill set.” Mary Baker Eddy writes in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures: “The understanding that Life is God, Spirit, lengthens our days by strengthening our trust in the deathless reality of Life, its almightiness and immortality” (p. 487). I used to think that meant if I could only understand I lived through God, I would live longer, but if you read the sentence carefully it says “the understanding that Life is God” will “lengthen our days.” To me that says you’ll get more done in a lengthened day, and have the opportunity to enjoy the process. It might seem as though God’s giving you bonus time, but really you’re just experiencing more eternity and less time. As Mrs. Eddy says: “Eternity, not time, expresses the thought of Life, and time is no part of eternity. One ceases in proportion as the other is recognized. Time is finite; eternity is forever infinite” (Science and Health, pp. 468–469).
It’s OK to let God reveal to you what needs to be done.
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