Maybe the discipline of Lent could become a tool for reclaiming some space and for educating those who expect unlimited access that their expectations may not- and should not - always be met.
Monday, 28 March 2011
Full steam ahead?
Maybe the discipline of Lent could become a tool for reclaiming some space and for educating those who expect unlimited access that their expectations may not- and should not - always be met.
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I am wondering if there might be some mileage in taking the decision to switch the phone off, not switch the computer on and not even go near the study (not even to polish it!)when a day off is proclaimed. I also think that those of us who work odd hours should start to think in sessions, i.e. 3 sessions in a day but only two of these sessions should be for work!
ReplyDeleteSo maybe the discipline of lent is to switch off literally and figuratively? People would then get used to waiting for a response~is there anything that urgent?
Easier said than done, I know, but worth a bit of practice!
Wise words, Dot. People tend to panic when you switch off for even the briefest period. They're going to have to get used to it!
ReplyDeleteOh dear, I've really been spending waaaay too much time in the 16th century: I was briefly scanning the blog and the way the words wrapped, I read the following:
ReplyDeleteLike those easy, carefree days before the plague
and then I saw the 'of'.
For a second I was in Europe prior to the plague spreading across the continent thinking 'yeah, they really didn't know how good they had it'.
I must find a life beyond history... heeelp.