I don’t know about you but there’s a lot of noise in my life. Not long ago, I sought to eliminate much of the advertisement related email in my inbox. I set out faithfully to unsubscribe to everything I could.
I’m not sure what happened. My email multiplied. So much for simplicity. Particularly in this day and age, the idea of simplicity is a foreign one. This week I attended a breakout session at a conference called Soul Care for leaders. One statement particularly stood out:
Our iPhones, iPads and constant exposure to technology is killing our souls.
Think about it. How often do those silly things buzz? How often do we delay answering? How often do I set it aside?
Socrates said it like this: “How many things are there which I do not want?” William Law said it this way: “If you attempt to talk with a dying man about sports or business, he is no longer interested. He now sees other things as more important. People who are dying recognize what we often forget, that we are standing on the brink of another world.”
Indeed, I suspect that we all might say that our souls are dying for just a little bit of quiet so that we might reflect on what is true and meaningful.
--William High is the President of the National Christian Foundation Heartland. He may be reached at whigh@nationalchristian.com.