[EastValleyChoraleMaillist] Some good thoughts...

[Cochran, Bruce-P56993]

Hello chorale,

Sorry I had to be away for rehearsal Tuesday, but it sounds like Randy
did a fine job.  Thanks for your support of him (and me) by your
cooperation, etc.  

Here's something good to think about.


Bruce


Freedom From Urgency by Dr. Denis Waitley
Freedom from urgency. That's what will allow us to live a rich and
rewarding life. You may have thought your problem was "time starvation,"
when in truth, it was in the way you assigned priorities in your
decision-making process. Have you allowed the urgent to crowd out the
important?
Each day we will continue to encounter deadlines we must meet and
"fires," not necessarily of our own making, we must put out. Endless
urgent details will always beg for attention, time and energy. What we
seldom realize is that the really important things in our life don't
make such strict demands on us, and therefore we usually assign them a
lower priority. 
Our loved ones understand when we are preoccupied with our urgent
business, but it's hard for us to understand, many years later, whey
they appear preoccupied when we finally find some time for them. Harry
Chapin's classic song, "The Cat's in the Cradle," is still a mirror
reflecting our priorities.
All the important arenas in our life are there awaiting our decisions.
But they don't beg us to give them our time. The local university
doesn't call us to advance our education and improve our life skills.
I have never received a call or e-mail from the health club I joined
insisting that I show up and work out for thirty minutes each day. My
bathroom scale has never insisted that I lose thirty pounds. The grocery
clerks have never made me put back on the shelves the junk food I put in
the cart, nor has a fast-food restaurant ever refused me a double
cheeseburger and large fries because of my high cholesterol.
Nor have I ever been subpoenaed by the ocean or the mountains to appear
for relaxation and solitude. Yet I receive hundreds of urgent phone
messages and emails each week from people with deadlines.
You see, it's the easiest thing in the world to neglect the important
and give in to the urgent. One of the greatest skills you can ever
develop in your life is not only to tell the two apart, but to be able
to assign the correct amount of time to each.
Beginning tomorrow, throughout the day, and every day thereafter, stop
and ask yourself this question: "Is what I'm doing right now important
to my health, well-being and mission in life, and for my loved ones?"
Your affirmative answer will free you forever, from the tyranny of the
urgent! 
-- Denis Waitley

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