Life today is hectic – ask anyone.
There is hardly enough time to catch our breath before having to move to the next thing.
Everyone is busy….multi-tasking is the new normal as we try to juggle five balls instead of three…..so busy are we that….unlike the British…..we leave no time for tea.
There seems to be no time to step back and think. Many feel overloaded and overwhelmed…..hecticity is rampant.
“Pick up any printed book or newspaper and notice the white area around the edge of the pages. That is the MARGIN.
The reason the publishers do not print on the page edge to edge and top to bottom is that it makes it very difficult to read. They could get a lot more in, but nobody would want to read it. A certain amount of unused space is necessary.
Life is like that too. We cannot live our lives successfully if there is no buffer, no gap or a place to recharge. The space between what we must do and all we possibly could do is our margin.
Margin is what we have left over after we take care of all of our obligations and commitments. It is what we have in reserve. It is what we can draw on to deal with the things life throws at us.
We need margin in all areas of life in order to live without pressure. There is, of course, a need for margin in our time. We cannot schedule every minute of the day and still feel focused and productive.
Maybe we should work less hours, be involved in one less social activity so we can spend more time at home loving our children.
It may require moving to a less expensive home, driving a cheaper car or even turning down a promotion at work that requires a lot of overtime.
But as difficult as those choices may be, not making them may in fact be even more harmful.”
The concept of MARGIN is from Richard Swenson’s book of the same name
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