I've just been so...

Busy.
Busy.
Freaking Busy.

No. Not me.
You.
That's what you keep telling me, at least.

You see, there's this thing happening lately, and I'm tired of it.
I contacted you to see if you wanted to sit and drink coffee with me and talk about anything under the sun...
And you told me that you would love to, but you're just so busy right now.
But maybe when things slow down we could figure something out.

But don't feel like I'm attacking you, because you're not the only one.
Quite honestly, it's pretty much everyone.
They've all just been so busy lately.

Hey, we haven't talked in a while. What's going on?
Oh, I know. I've just been so busy lately. I haven't had time to do anything.

I just realized that is a completely ridiculous statement. So busy you haven't had time to do anything.
Then what are you even busy with? You must be doing something. Something terribly important, it seems.

I haven't seen you at church in a while. What have you been up to?
Oh, you know, I'm just a busy guy. I try to come as much as I can.

Do you want to hang out sometime soon? You could come stay at my house for the weekend.
Oh, that sounds like so much fun. I'd really love to. But I'm really busy right now. When things slow down a bit though, we will do something for sure.

If  I hear the word busy one more time I might explode.
Don't tell me you're busy.
Either care about our relationship enough to make time for it, or tell me I don't rank high enough on your priority list to spend time nurturing this friendship...and then go away.

I realize that's kind of harsh. But I'm seriously fed up with the "busyness" that seems to be consuming our lives lately. What the heck are we all so busy with? And how much does that stuff really matter?

I don't know about you. But to me, people matter.
People matter more than homework.
and dishes. and shopping. and a job.
and cleaning your room.
and watching that show.
and sleeping in.
and going to this or that event.

My relationship with you, blog reader, matters.
You matter.
God matters.
Reality matters.
Caring and loving and helping matter.
Giving and learning and talking matter.

What are you living for?
Why are so many of us sucked into this disgusting trap of busyness.

I find this to be especially an issue in the Christian realm.
I find a lot of things to be especially an issue in the Christian realm.
By the way, that's pretty messed up.
But I'm serious, we get all wrapped up into our events.
We have schedules filled with all the stuff we're doing for God.
We volunteer and teach and haul children back and forth.
And we feel pretty holy about it all.

And that would all be just dandy, if you didn't blow me off every time I called you.
That would be super holy if you also managed to put effort into your relationships.

Relationship matters.
I would almost venture to say it matters the most.
It is at the core of love, beauty, and salvation.

But we've not much time for that serious stuff.
We've just been so......
Busy.