What Do You Value?
Brian McLaren said something a while back that stayed with me.
He was talking about the importance of taking care of oneself when he said something like, “Sometimes we’re so strung out and fed up with life we may need to hop on a plane to be with that one friend who really understands for a few hours.”
Hop on a plane to see a friend for a few hours? Isn’t that wasteful?
It depends on what you value, of course. Many around us seem to value autonomy (who needs friendship?) and intense haranguing (because generative conversation doesn’t sell).
But what do you value?
He was talking about the importance of taking care of oneself when he said something like, “Sometimes we’re so strung out and fed up with life we may need to hop on a plane to be with that one friend who really understands for a few hours.”
Hop on a plane to see a friend for a few hours? Isn’t that wasteful?
It depends on what you value, of course. Many around us seem to value autonomy (who needs friendship?) and intense haranguing (because generative conversation doesn’t sell).
But what do you value?
posted by ChadRAllen @ 5:12 AM
1 Comments:
At March 31, 2010 ,
Anonymous said...
This is precisely why we're driving to Indiana on Friday to spend Easter with our good friends. They've known us so long they're like family, but without the hangups. Friends like that are a true blessing.
Carol F.
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