Choosing Life

Snippet
Psalms 23 Antithesis

The clock is my dictator, I shall not rest.
It makes me like down only when exhausted.
It leads me to deep depression.
It hounds my soul.
It leads me in circles of frenzy for activity's sake.
Even Though I run frantically from task to task,
I will never get it all done, for my ideal is with me.
Deadlines and and the need for approval, they drive me.
They demand my performance from me, beyond the limits of my schedule.
They Anoint my head with migranes.
My in-basket overflows.
Surel time pressure and fatigue shall follow me, all the days of my life.
And I will dwell in the bonds of frustration forever.

Scripture
Today I ask heaven and earth to be witnesses. I am offering you life or death, blessings or curses. Now, choose life! Then you and your children may live. To choose life is to love the Lord your God, obey him, and stay close to him.
Deuteronomy 30:19,20

Song
I'm in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun
All I really gotta do is live and die
But I'm in a hurry and don't know why

Don't know why I have to drive so fast
My car has nothing to prove
It's not new
But it'll do zero to sixty in five point two

I'm in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun
All I really gotta do is live and die
But I'm in a hurry and don't know why

Can't be late, I leave in plenty of time
Shakin' hands with the clock
I can't stop
I'm on a roll and I'm ready to rock

I'm in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun
All I really gotta do is live and die
But I'm in a hurry and don't know why

Oh, I hear a voice
That says I'm running behind
Better pick up my pace
It's a race and there ain't no room for someone in second place

I'm in a hurry to get things done
Oh I rush and rush until life's no fun
All I really gotta do is live and die
But I'm in a hurry and don't know why
I'm in a hurry and I don't know why Alabama

Sentence Prayer

Slow me down, Lord! Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting my mind.
Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time. Give me the calmness of the everlasting hills. Break the tensions of my nerves and muscles with the soothing music of the streams. Help me to know the magical, restoring power of sleep.

Amen