To silence the chatter in one's head, one needs to watch it, listen to it, discern it, and master the response.
We all want to be seen and heard, but too many of us don't. As we chase that desire for attention, we forget and miss the need to see someone else.
Busyness has become the currency of this day. "Are you as busy as I?', screams our social media posts. We yearn to be valued and significant to someone else. So much so that we will devalue ourselves and gain our desired attention.
Does that sound familiar?
Of course, others don't have that same craving. But they have other cravings. I think it was St Augustine who said we have a heart-shaped hole/wound within; aching to be filled. And in our haste and uncomfortableness to sit with that ache, we stuff it, numb it, ignore it with stuff that distracts the call to seek our maker.
But what we need is to accept God's love. Not the duties. Not the need to 'be good' but the call to be loved.