“Earth to Noah, Earth to Noah”, my friends call out trying to grab my attention. They’ve been talking for the past 20 minutes but I couldn’t tell you a word of the conversation. We’ve all had those moments. Our body is in one place but our mind in leagues away, thinking about our next project, the new job we hope for, what we are going to eat for dinner… the list goes on.
In some ways you might think that being on a trip like this would make it easier to keep focused, to stay present. I don’t have as much distraction out here, my schedule is usually beyond my control and so what would I really think about to get distracted? Well honestly it’s actually been even harder remaining present on the race then it was back home. Leaving a country every month is a constant reminder that this year is only a temporary thing and that I have what seems like an endless amount of ideas of what to do when I get home. My sister getting married within the week back home, makes me very anxious for home.
But this is what I know. G-d called me here.
This was His idea, this is where He wanted me.
All of me
Body and mind.
My team and I started reading Ecclesiastes this week and in Chapter 2 verse 24 it says “a man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work.”
This isn’t an excuse to party, nor is it saying to lie around. It says to “find satisfaction in his work”. It is simply saying… enjoy it. Enjoy now, enjoy your work, be content, be happy in where you are be satisfied in what you accomplish today and don’t worry about what you must do tomorrow.
Enjoy this… Enjoy now…
