Tuesday, 25 January 2011

I like this quote I found on the blog 71 Toes:


INTERRUPTIONS

"When you are exasperated by interruptions, try to remember that their very frequency may indicate the value of your life. Only people who are full of help and strength are burdened by other persons' needs. The interruptions which we chafe at are the credentials of our indispensability. The greatest condemnation that anybody could incur - and it is a danger to guard against - is to be so independent, so unhelpful, that nobody ever interrupts us, and we are left comfortably alone."

-Anonymous
from The Anglican Digest


4 comments:

Jill said...

Goodness, what a quote! It seems particularly poignant to me after just leaving a math class where at least 20 people were vying for my help for over an hour!

Ortensia Norton said...

Or you just have needy people in your life!!!!

michelle said...

Oh, wow. I really, really needed to read that. I too often want to be left comfortably alone...

Natalie said...

This makes the week I've had have a whole new meaning! Thanks!