Let's face it.

Life is busy.

We're always off going somewhere, doing something, or studying for a million exams. The every day hustle and bustle is hard to ignore or avoid, it usually just happens.

It's hard to take time for yourself, to slow down, and breathe.

When life gets busy, things get forgotten.

When life gets busy, cramming for exams happens.

When life gets busy, relationships fall through the cracks.

When life gets busy, you forget to eat.

When life gets busy, YOU are caught in between anything and everything.

When life gets busy, we realize that we may have spread our butter a little too thin.

It's easy to forget the simple things. It's when we get so caught up in everything going on around us that we forget to take a moment to ourselves.

To reflect.

To ponder.

To react.

If we fail to take time to ourselves, even just a moment, we lose touch with our own lives and our own sanity.

William Penn once said, "In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day’s business.”

Ram Dass once said, "The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

Such words of wisdom form men who understood.

Men who understood that to move on with our own lives, to prosper, and grow, we must be able to hear the spirit leading us. It's almost impossible to listen for the spirit when there is so much noise surrounding us.

1 Samuel 12:16 says, "Now then, stand still and see this great thing the LORD is about to do before your eyes!".

Learn to be still, even for a moment, and open your eyes to see what is really happening around you. Take time to reflect, ponder, and react.

Don't be so busy that you miss the best things in life.