The Calendar

Today from Howard Thurman:

“[T]here are many things that move unchanged, paying no attention to a device like the calendar…that are not noted by the calendar, even though they may be noted on the calendar….  There are desires of the heart or moods of the spirit that may flow continuously for me whatever year the calendar indicates.  The lonely heart, the joyful spirit, the churning anxiety may remain unrelieved, though the days come and go without end.”

It becomes easy in life to focus on, to get tied up in the calendar, and to lose site of the fact that there are many things not on the calendar that deserve attention.

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