tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post5693424611631955951..comments2023-10-02T11:36:45.006-04:00Comments on A Passionate and Determined Quest for Adequacy: SimplifyingAshley Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767912859236943934noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-42573694234541858382008-10-01T14:49:00.000-04:002008-10-01T14:49:00.000-04:00Amen indeed! I've found that when Friends take on ...Amen indeed! I've found that when Friends take on tasks because they feel they should, or because they're the best to do it, their heart isn't in it. There isn't the freshness or creativity that one would hope for Quaker process. I've seen committees made up of guilt-heavy members that seem to spend all their energy trying not to do more than the bare minimum.<BR/><BR/>I've found that it's often the "unimportant" things we do because we're immediately led to do them that end up being more important than all of the busy work that threatens to crowd our lives. I often think to the hurried rabbi in the Good Samaratan story who was too busy to help his neighbor.<BR/><BR/>I need to reread Testiment of Devotion, it's been too long. That's one of those books to read every year!Martin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999620933648327663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-17614850657344403392008-10-01T02:56:00.000-04:002008-10-01T02:56:00.000-04:00Amen!Amen!Emily Weaver Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11247857597002872507noreply@blogger.com