Life. Liberty. And the pursuit of God.

I read a blog post yesterday. Here is an excerpt:

“An internationally famous minister recently spent some time with another well known pastor.  The more experienced pastor was listening to the other guy elaborate about some things that were weighing heavily on him, keeping him up at night, stealing his focus. After this went on for a little while, the more experienced minister looked at his friend and told him, ‘You’re swatting at gnats.  You’re going to wreck your car swatting at gnats.’”

Yesterday I felt like I was swatting at gnats. I spent much of my day dealing with the small issues. Worried about small things I have said. Worried about small things I have heard. Worried about small problems that might, could possibly materialize. Worried about gnats while I am driving a Porsche (that’s allegory, I don’t actually have a Porsche, but I do have a birthday in a few months).

So today, I am trying to ignore the gnats. It is still harder done than said. They still annoy me, they still itch when they land, but I am not spending my energy swatting at them – at least not today.