Spiritual Formation~

Note: The following is an excerpt from our free study download called, Simplicity - To Be Free. Read more about this download here .

The Daily Distraction

We have so much to distract us that it's hard to concentrate on any one thing for a very long time. Our quest for wealth and status, and our hunger for what some consider peak experiences, fill every day of our lives with endless activity and stress.

We see the effects of complexity on our quality of life in many ways. Americans strain under the weight of our multi-tasking and media-saturated lifestyles. We need more gadgets and cool stuff just to help us bear the strain.

The chaos of nonstop activity leaves us bewildered. Just getting to the next thing is often the best we can do. Anxiety rises every time we add yet another activity to an already overloaded calendar.

Even acts of love and charity can lose their joy under the strain of such a busy life. Squeezing something into every moment effectively squeezes the life out of the human soul. All this activity on the outside is sapping us inside.

Where does it all end?

Copyright © 2010, Calvin R. Wulf and Lisa Are Wulf

Read more about our free download study called, Simplicity - To Be Free, here .

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