Productivity isn’t everything

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Good morning. For a good number of people in the UK the shortened work week comes to an end today. Have you got everything done that you were hoping to achieve this week? I hope so. The trouble is that many of us put pressure on ourselves by setting unrealistic expectations for what we will get done in a day, a week, or even a month or a year. Productivity isn’t everything. Always aiming higher, bigger and for more and more doesn’t always get us to the outcome we think we are aiming for. Growth can be both positive and negative. Not taking time to focus on what is beautiful around us, taking each day as they come and following the threads of life wherever they lead, runs the risk that I've became somewhat robotic in outlook, tied to my desk, staring at a laptop, thinking ‘it will be ok if I just finish one more thing’. I doubt it actually will though, really. There’ll always be something else to do. Whilst I’ve been busy ‘doing’ this week, I think I’ve missed out on ‘being’ who I am supposed to be - a person of peace, a person of faith, hope and love, of which the greatest is and always will be love. It’s time for a resetting of priority for me. Perhaps you’ll resonate with that, and join me yourself today and in the days to come. Father, I am always changing, developing and growing. Help me to embrace the changes that come, and keep sight of the faith, hope and love I was made to have, receive as a gift and equally share as a gift with those around me. Amen.