Might be a good idea to make a list. And if you need to give it a second glance over, go for it. But remember, making the list isn’t the work. Even though it kinda feels like it.*
Gabe Anderson

Meaning is only experienced in motion.**
Donald Miller

It’s also worthwhile making sure the
right things are on the list,
That we’re not completing a whole raft of tasks that
are all about avoiding what matters most;
The more important the actions, the more
time and space and silence we need In order to
reflect on what are the right things for us to do –
What we have to say “yes” to, and, maybe more importantly,
What we have to say “no” to.

The list can also hide the unwelcome truth that
we do not know what to do with our lives, so
more lists, more busyness, more noise,
Fearful of silence, fearful of being;
What we find is that the silence is
not silent at all – rather it is replete with
better hopes and ideas and possibilities that come
to us in the form of questions:
They’re how we know we are alive.

Life never ceases to put new questions to us, never permits us to come to rest … every day, every hour makes new deeds necessary and new experiences possible.^

*Gabe Anderson’s blog: He’s Making a List …;
**Donald Miller’s Hero On a Mission;
^Viktor Frankl’s The Doctor and the Soul.