I distrust the perpetually busy; always have.
The frenetic ones spinning in tight little circles like poisoned rats.
The slower ones, grinding away their fourscore and ten in righteousness and pain.
They are the soul-eaters.
~ Mark Slouka, excerpt from Quitting the Paint Factory
Art: Hélène Boutanos, illustrator from Paris, France.
Live & Learn 
indeed
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Sometimes being perpetually busy, for a time anyway, is all that keeps us from worrying ourselves into total inaction. I survived a difficult period by cutting my lawn…and all of my neighbors’ lawns, too. It got me through.
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Tracey, thoughtful insight. Thanks for sharing. I think there is a whole lot in your POV. I wonder if it gets me through daily.
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Soul eaters sounds a bit ominous .. What else did he say?
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Read on. It’s an excellent essay.
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Me too David! ❤
Diana xo
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You see, and this is why people need the APP to help them breathe and slow down ha! 🙂
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Laughing. True! 🙂
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sometimes it’s good to just jump off the merry-go-round
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And grab the rail…
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