Today, as I was walking into coffee with a friend, I had an argument with myself. Here’s how it started: “You don’t have time for this.”
Relate?
Taking time for friends, for mid-day coffee breaks, for chats with no agendas, feels incredibly difficult to do. And it was. We’ve talked about it for months, rescheduled a few times, and finally nailed it down.
In the end, we both left feeling refreshed, understood, heard, seen, and valued. I needed that. He did as well.
We can’t be seen when we’re going 100 mph. We can’t be heard in-between rushed schedules and meetings. And we certainly can’t be valued if our performances are constantly being critiqued, or even cheered on.
Yeah. You probably don’t have time to leave your life, and park in front of someone for 90 minutes to just “catch up.” But when I ignored the “don’t” and pushed forward into relationship and community, that fact suddenly disappeared.
Make time this week. Your schedule might hate it–it might flat out–but your heart will thank you.
