#busyness

[gondorunsessizbahcesi]

Distance, silence, and busyness.

[dk-thrive]

When I was younger and living in the city, I distracted myself with activity; busyness was a balm. But up here, in the quiet, the truth has infinite patience. It waits until we have run ourselves ragged and are finally ready to come home, to remember who we have always been.

— Tory Henwood Hoen, Before I Forget: A Novel (St. Martin's Press, December 2, 2025)

[stoicmike]

I go to bed thinking about writing and painting, and I get up thinking about writing and painting. In between, a lot of nonsense gets in the way. -- Michael Lipsey

[theinwardlight]

The life with God is the center of life, and all else is remodelled and integrated by it. It gives the singleness of eye. The most important thing is not to be perpetually passing out cups of cold water to a thirsty world. We can get so fearfully busy trying to carry out the second great commandment, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,” that we are underdeveloped in our devoted love to God. But we must love God as well as neighbor.

Thomas Kelly, "The Simplification of Life"

[rakelrambles]

do you have that one thing that, almost without fail, makes you feel better?

for me that is my choir. regardless of how stressed i am or how bad my mood is, i will always be happy and content after a choir rehearsal. only on days when i am completely exhausted, when i feel like i am going to fall asleep or start crying the moment i slow down, only on those days is choir not enough to make everything feel right in my life again.

my choir is a space where i feel welcome, appreciated and like it is where i am meant to be any time i am there. we sing beautifully and joyfully, even when we are focused and dedicated to making our performance the best that we can. i think it is this combination of skilful musicianship and community that makes my choir so special to me.

if you have any one thing that never fails to put a smile on your face or to make everything feel right in the world, cherish it! prioritise it even when life gets busy, because that one thing will make all the busyness so much easier to bear.

i have this one thing that always makes life make sense and i am so grateful for it.

[quotelr]

Take all those things that would propose to be important, and weigh them upon the scale of your soul. Asking how much each thing actually impacts, not just the moment, but the years ahead. Discard all that is trivial masquerading as significant, and reserve your days for those things that truly matter.

L.M. Browning, Seasons of Contemplation: A Book of Midnight Meditations

[fiction-quotes]

"No place like one of your greater fairs for exchanging news and views without being noticed, or laying plots and strategems, or meeting someone you'd liefer not be seen meeting. Nowhere so solitary as in the middle of a market-place!"

  —  Saint Peter’s Fair (Ellis Peters)

[doodlearts]

i need to get back to posting more B&BH art :(