Kyle Schumacher’s Reviews > The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World > Status Update

“Life is a series of choices. Every yes is a thousand no’s. Every activity we give our time to is a thousand other activities we can't give our time to. Because, duh: we can't be in two places at once.
We have to learn to say no. Constantly. As Anne Lamott so humorously pointed out, "No' is a complete sentence. And it's one we need to work into our vocabulary.”

And it’s not just spiritual writers from a century ago who are claiming our life speed is out of control and dangerous. More and more experts are weighing in. psychologist and mental health professionals are now talking about an epidemic of the modern world. “Hurry sickness”

Love is painfully time consuming.
Hurry and love are incompatible.
All my worst moments… as a human being are when I’m in a hurry, late for an appointment, behind on my unrealistic to-do list, trying to cram too much into my day. I ooze anger, tension & critical nagging, the antithesis of love.