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"This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner."
In Tolstoi's Anna Karenina an old peasant explains to Konstantin Levin why a certain man is good with the words, "He lives for his soul, he remembers God."
The scattered strands of our busy twentieth century lives threaten always to baffle and eventually defeat us. Our only sure defense is to build our lives on a foundation which enables us to order our priorities.
Robert Greenleaf, a former executive with AT&T, describes a co-worker who was highly successful in ordering his priorities and accomplishing his work. He always knew what was most important, and toward all other tasks and requests he practiced "systematic neglect" until his top priorities were achieved. This did not always please his colleagues who sometimes wanted him to be about projects in which they were involved, but even they had to concede that he was the office's most effective worker.
Christians are called to build their lives on the stone of Jesus Christ and to practice a policy of "systematic neglect" toward all that interferes with their Christian growth. We remember God and live always for our souls.
-- Bachelder
"This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the head of the corner."
In Tolstoi's Anna Karenina an old peasant explains to Konstantin Levin why a certain man is good with the words, "He lives for his soul, he remembers God."
The scattered strands of our busy twentieth century lives threaten always to baffle and eventually defeat us. Our only sure defense is to build our lives on a foundation which enables us to order our priorities.
Robert Greenleaf, a former executive with AT&T, describes a co-worker who was highly successful in ordering his priorities and accomplishing his work. He always knew what was most important, and toward all other tasks and requests he practiced "systematic neglect" until his top priorities were achieved. This did not always please his colleagues who sometimes wanted him to be about projects in which they were involved, but even they had to concede that he was the office's most effective worker.
Christians are called to build their lives on the stone of Jesus Christ and to practice a policy of "systematic neglect" toward all that interferes with their Christian growth. We remember God and live always for our souls.
-- Bachelder
