We are at a stage in human evolution where we understand and learn that to “be someone in the world” we must be “constantly busy. “It’s not something that causes strangeness, because certainly if you ask someone how their family is right now, he wouldn’t know how to answer. Even she, emotionally, wouldn’t know how to react as she is. Why? For lack of time, because we’re all constantly busy.
It is common to think “the more you do, the better you are”, and this originates from a materialistic society, where the person is prioritized according to “the more he has, the more he is”. inner consciousness that really shows who we are and why we are here. So, do we face a social illness? The answer, according to several social studies, is yes.
- Pick up the flowers while you can.
- Because time passes fast Will the same flower you admire die tomorrow today?.
? Walt Whitman
Ask people about their emotional state and they’ll tell you they’re tired. “Am I too busy and doing a thousand things?The tricky thing is not only to realize that, but to start early with habits that destroy the quality of life, when the priority of personal growth must be a daily task.
We live under reduced standards and deadlines, which pushes us to demand organizational and mental perfection, thus losing part of our being The challenge I pose here is based on asking you the following questions: How do we come to live like this?we forget we’re human and don’t we?humans?
This disease? Being constantly busy is inherently destructive to our health and well-being, which weakens the ability to focus entirely on those we love most and prevents us from becoming the kind of society we paradoxically demand. ourselves does not allow us to reflect, be and become complete human beings.
Since the 1950s a new era of technological innovations has emerged, products that promise to make our day-to-day life easier or simpler; However, today we continue with the same time, if not less, as we did a few decades ago. From us, the “privileged” disappears the line between work and personal life. We are always with a smartphone or tablet, without disconnecting and without allowing ourselves to be present at the moment.
For some people, the reality is different because they have to work in two jobs to support their families. 20% of children in the United States live in poverty and many of their parents work for very low wages so they can live a decent life and have something to eat at the end of the day. These people are very busy.
In some Muslim cultures, ask how a person is or if all is well, say in Arabic, Kayf haal-ik?Or, in Persian, Haal-eshomaa chetoreh? Haal is a word used to ask questions about the spiritual side of someone’s heart. The translation into our language would be: “How’s your heart right now?”For this reason, ours? It means exactly that, we want to know how the other person feels.
When we ask with our hearts, we don’t care how many emails are left waiting, or how long it takes you to do something in your work, we sincerely ask how your soul is, how it is and if it’s we want to know if you still remember that you’re a human being, that you live here and now.
We invite you, as a remedy for this “constantly busy” disease, to put your hand on the shoulder of the person you love, to look her in the eye and connect with her for a few moments. Tell him what your heart asks of you and connect with your heart. Everyone, at some point, must remember that he is a human being and that he needs the essence of others to feel alive and full.
“Some are willing to do anything but live here and now. -John Lennon-