People Days

Yesterday was a people day. People days are good. They are so much better than stuff days. Of course stuff days are a lot easier to measure. You can write all the stuff you need to get done on a list and then cross it off when it is complete. Sometimes I do stuff that is not on my list, so I write it at the bottom and then immediately cross it off. Oh, come on, you do it, too. It gives you such a sense of accomplishment and we want some kind of credit for having done it, right?

Anyway, how does one measure the value of being with people? What kind of measuring device do we possess that could possibly do that? We all hear about quality time, but what is that really? You can not plan that special moment just because you set aside a certain amount of time (usually very small) to be with someone. I think that "quality time" is something we have created to relieve our feelings of guilt. We have sold each other a bill of goods on it, too. Too bad for us.

When we are intentional and choose to be with people, we demonstrate that time with them is meaningful and they are valuable to us. Time is a priceless commodity, a precious gift that we give. You can not plan quality, it just happens as your lives bump up against and weave into one another's and only in retrospect can you see that something special did indeed happen. So what can we decide as far as being with people goes? We can decide that is very important, it is needful, it is essential. We can make and take the time, to listen, to laugh and cry together, to share sorrows and joys, to have fun, to quietly sit with them, to carry them, to just show up.......

Yesterday was a people day.... It was a very good day.....I enjoyed my friends, my family.....priceless! Immeasurable!