Something of the Leisure of Eternity

The Spiritual Life

The action of those whose lives are given to the Spirit has in it something of the leisure of Eternity; and because of this, they achieve far more than those whose lives are enslaved by the rush and hurry, the unceasing tick-tick of the world. Otherwise we tend to forget that God, Who is greater than our heart, is greater than our job too.

— Evelyn Underhill, The Spiritual Life

I know I get caught up in the deadline syndrome: I have to get something done by a certain date or i...