Someone talked about "being busy" today and it reminded me of a post that I made before in my Livejournal
Being Busy
posted 15 Apr 2005|09:15pm
i personally think that the line "i'm busy" is one of the biggest excuses that society has unconsciously created. "i'm busy" gets one out of doing simple chores, out of paying attention to people, out of listening, talking and all that consists of essential living... in fact "i'm busy" may just be the excuse that would work for most if not all situations.i know things can be really stressful at times, but then i still believe there is no such thing as being "too busy" to devoid oneself of living in the world. i guess sometimes people become "too busy" to care about others because they're too busy caring for themselves. one can make time if one wants to and it doesnt take that hard or need a lot of effort. To just simply say "hello", or "i cant talk too much now but i hope youre all right", or simply smiling for a second rather than putting down someone with that "im busy" line along with that nasty look that sends the signal: "im too cranky so dont you mess with me unless you want me to bitch on you" - is enough already to be busy but yet not lose touch with whats real, not drift away from what matters most in life...yes i will be busy but for sure i will never be too busy not to remember to ask how people are doing or to drop a hello once in a while. i will be busy but i will never put down someone in need. i will be busy but i know what matters, what's real, what keeps me going... that's why im busy in the first place - cause i want to make everything better for all of us. but i know that beyond that dream, that goal, today is what matters and that things are already fine as it is.. just as long as i know that ive got all the people i love with me. 
