A speaker shares how asking himself "What do I need to do right now?" throughout the day helps him manage overwhelming work, homeschooling, and family responsibilities. The simple practice of stopping to reflect on what matters most brings him what he calls a tremendous amount of peace and production.
Good morning, everyone. Here is your moment of yes. If you are like me, meaning you're 6'5, gray hair, incredibly handsome, and very humble. If you're like me, you can get overwhelmed with the amount there is to actually do. And I know for these past few days, past few weeks, I know my wife and I both have been feeling overwhelmed by the amount of work and activity we have to do. I've got lots of projects on my plate right now that I'm really excited about, but how to get them done on a day-to-day basis can seem almost impossible at times. Take into consideration that we have 3 kids that we also homeschool because we're nuts, and days just really seem to disappear. And as I was taking some time this morning to listen and reflect, and actually yesterday in a few moments of downtime, I was doing the same thing. The idea came to me, and this has been a prayer that I turn to throughout the day many times, is stopping, taking a moment, listening, reflecting, trying to stop the crazy thinking, and just asking the question to love, asking the question, what do I need to do right now? And asking that question throughout the day, especially when my attention is being pulled in lots of directions, getting calm, Getting peaceful and asking myself, what do I need to do right now? What am I being called to do? What's the most important thing? What is calling forth my full attention? And then just going and doing that and trusting that's the most important thing. And when I'm done with that, asking the question again, what do I need to do right now? And I have found a tremendous amount of peace and production that I achieve when being able to stop and continually ask that question. Yes, I try to plan my day as best I can. But when all the noise and distraction and the needs come into play, stopping, pausing, and asking, what do I need to do right now? It's all you will ever need. That's your moment of yes for today. Have a wonderful day, everyone.
