Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
One day, honeybees appeared in great numbers on plumes rising above the pampas grass by my mailbox. They found a treasure trove of pollen from the late summer blooms and celebrated perhaps their last hurrah before settling in for the winter.
Today it seems everyone’s favorite response to the common, probing introductory question “How are you?” is this: I’m busy. Very busy. Extremely busy.
Of course, many of us are – actually – extremely busy. Many of us are stretching ourselves razor thin, fulfilling the necessary obligations of life: tending to our jobs, families and children, addressing the infinite list of errands and to-dos, scheduling time for exercise, friends, entertainment, bills, volunteer work. The list goes on. Endlessly.