Avoiding an Idle and Sterile Life

Work, leisure, and idleness.

Don’t let your life be sterile. Be useful. Blaze a trail. Shine forth with the light of your faith…Light up all the ways of the earth with the fire of Christ that you carry in your heart.

You are given 168 hours every week. Each one of them is given to you as a gift to use how you choose. Some of us are at our job far too many hours, some of us are looking to escape our jobs. Jobaholics is a better word than workaholic because jobaholics tend to neglect every other necessary work in their life such as parenting, maintaining their living space, and cultivating friendships. And those who want to escape work for a perpetual vacation (or whatever other reason) do not realize how essential work is to a thriving life.

For sake of simplicity, we a separate our time into three categories: work, leisure, and idleness.

Work: everything you give your effort and energy to. Not your job alone but all other responsibilities including housework, parenting, associations you’re part of, networking, vol…