Reflections on Ignorance-Slow Walk, Fast Talk
I have always been a fast walker. Even in my youth I wanted to run everywhere, be in various places, and see new things. I haven't slowed down much since then, but I have tried to slow down more recently. I am not sure what prompted this thought in the past couple of years, but I finally realized just how quickly I walk. I get frustrated when others are slowly walking in front of me. I also experience this when I walk up stairs. Many opportunities to exercise patience in the halls of St. Mary's I suppose. One day, I forget when exactly, I started to reflect on why I walk so quickly. Where do I have to be that makes my pace of walking so rushed? I am in such a rush to be everywhere that I forget this life is a marathon and not a sprint. Our lives of course are a race in a certain sense (1 Cor 9:24), but it is not a race that needs to be carried out in such a worried manner. When our lives are characterized by a lack of peace and an acco...