Shade tree wisdom 5/13/13

Shade tree wisdom 5/13/13

Yesterday we celebrated Mother’s Day with all the flowers and cards and phone calls and perhaps family gatherings and the rest. And I was reminded of this from Holy Scripture.

”Who can find a virtuous woman, for her price is far above rubies. The heart if her husband does safely trust in her, so he shall have no need of spoil” Proverbs 31,10.11.

It also reminded me of the busy lives we lead, so we hardly find time to do the thing at hand properly, because we are ‘multitasking’, and in doing that, we tend to do either bad or sloppy work.

Ruben Navarrette Jr. writes on this in the Chronicle. He works at home, and had been looking after the baby while his wife was away. She came home to find him sort of juggling taking care of the infant while trying to finish a column. His wife put a stop to that dashing back and forth,. “Pick one”, she demanded, “When you’re going to be with the baby be with the baby,” she said, “and when you’re working, work, Don’t try to do both, for both will suffer.”Wise words. We might all find them useful.

E C Peterson once wrote that too many people are busy because they have never learned to say NO, so they end of up doing all sorts of jobs that they have no business doing, He reminded about the apostles who selected others to run the food pantry while they “were about their business of prayer.”

How fitting to be reminded of that, isn’t it? The Chronicles printed some ‘momisms’ which people had sent in. They remembered sayings of their mothers. One that applies here is this one “Never grow a wishbone where your backbone needs to be.”.

And one sure way to grow a backbone in your choices is by reading the Word. The Psalm says, “Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way, by taking heed to it according to your Word. . .Thy Word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against thee.: Psalm 119,9.11.

So, a blessed mother’s day, and may God bless your day and life.

GPD 5/13/13