I subscribe to HarperSanFrancisco’s “Daily Insight” e-newsletter. Today’s quote was from Scott Cairns’ book Short Trip to the Edge: Where Earth Meets Heaven–A Pilgrimage. Mr. Cairns writes, “As most of us one day discover, the greatest hindrances to spiritual maturity, spiritual equilibrium, and wholeness are the countless distractions that keep the head turning to and fro, keep the mind flitting from one fragmentary blip to another and the body more or less twitching in response–not to mention the heart racing along as if pursued. This composite ‘white noise’ keeps our brains buzzing, and our persons dissipated.”
Decide to use the forty days of Lent to eliminate as much “white noise” as you can from your life and the lives of your children.