"Every time she'd find a minute, that's the time that they begin it - Cinderelly, Cinderelly
She goes around in circles, till she's very, very dizzy. Still they holler: Keep a-busy Cinderelly!"
Do you ever feel like Cinderella too? I do. Sometimes I feel like my head is spinning. I can't concentrate. I can't focus. I can't hear myself think. And lately it seems to be getting worse. Certainly kids are a factor. As also may be low vitamin deficiencies and a host of other issues. Yet, I can't help but feel it is more than that.
I know all too well the challenges and pitfalls of the fast-paced world we live in. My mother once said, "for all of our modern conveniences, we have even less time than before." It is true. I have very much felt overwhelmed with the "busy-ness" of life. Life's distractions seem to be humming along at constant and increasing speed. So much so that I can't help but think of that well known phrase: run and not be weary, walk and not faint.
It got me to thinking and led me to a talk given by Neal A. Maxwell in April 1991 titled, "Lest Ye Be Wearied & Faint In Your Minds." See if this is you (definitely felt like me!):
"To those who are spiritually undernourished, who have grown weary and fainted in their minds...who have been overcome by the preoccupying cares of the world - those wearying, surface things of life..."
The talk outlines four fundamentals in how to better gird our loins against the advesary. It's your standard stuff - and is usually why it gets forgotten: serve, study, pray and worship.
I don't know about you, but I got tired of living my life a bit like Cinderella. I've gone back to these fundamental basics and I see the difference they are making. Accordingly, I have gained a testimony that life is not meant to be rushed through. It's not meant to be stressed over, analyzed, planned to the tiniest of details. It's meant to be enjoyed. So go ... start enjoying life. I dare you. (This is the best Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo you're gonna get!!)
