The Urgent Crowds Out The Important

Many years ago I heard a sermon where the key phrase was 'the urgent crowds out the important'.

I was young at the time and while I remembered the phrase it held little meaning for me.

But now I see its truth clearly.

The things that matter are not the day to day crises of business or politics. Daily we have fires to put out but life is more than 'survive and endure'.

That's why everyone needs a time of peace and quiet solitude -- whether in meditation or prayer -- to refocus on what really matters.

To each of us that which 'really matters' is different. For one it may be a family, for another art and for a third charitable work among the disadvantaged.

It doesn't really matter what 'really matters' so long as you take the time to remember what it is and then focus on that and not the daily emergencies.

Remember, the urgent must not crowd out the important.

James Morton
1100 - 5255 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
M2N 6P4