A Dangerous Introspection
We go, and keep on going,
Until the object of the game,
Seems to be to go and keep on going.
We do, and keep on doing,
Until we do,
Without knowing—without feeling.
Is there no time to stop and reflect?
Is there no time to stop?
Is there no time?
If we stopped, would we keep on going?
If we reflected, would we keep doing,
What we do?
For what we have done,
And where we have gone,
Is dissolved into oblivion,
Or strung on the meaningless chain,
Of half-remembered this and that,
If there is no reflection.
In all our doing have we done anything?
In all our going have we been anywhere?
The apostle Paul gave us a simple answer for such ultimate questions when He writes:
So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. (1 Cor.15:58, NLT)
If we're engaged in our day to day lives in what God wants us to do and the way that God wants us to live, we know that we're on the right track.