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Show PEOPLE who rush through breakfast, rush to catch a train, hurry all the time on the job, are not the stuff of which saints are made. The tension and speed of their lives makes it impossible im-possible for them to strengthen and develop their Interior life. "Busy Bees" are not noted as good prayers or meditators. It may ba that some can keep in union with God even in the midst of great distractions, dis-tractions, but they are not ordinary people. Bushing through life at breakneck break-neck speed may enable a man to cover more ground and accumulate accum-ulate a larger bank balance than his more placid neighbor. But it does not pay off where God is concerned. con-cerned. Relaxed souls tread the road to heaven with more assurance assur-ance and certainly with less wear and tear. Life is short and time Is precious. It should not be wasted in hurrying and fussing. In the final accounting, account-ing, the individual's supreme achievementthe ac-hievementthe salvation of his soul will depend not on how much he has done, but on how well he has done it. The Important thing at life's end wil not be the energy a man has put into living, but the number of times he has slowed down to commune with God so that he might grow in inner grace and strength. |