Slow down, already.

If as Herod, we fill our lives with things,

And again with things -

If we consider ourselves so unimportant

That we must fill every moment

Of our lives with action,

When will we have time

To make the long slow journey

Across the desert as did the Magi,

Or sit and watch the stars

As did the Shepherds,

Or brood over the Coming of the Child

As did Mary?

For each one of us

There is a desert to travel

A Star to discover,

And a being within ourselves

To bring to life.

Author Unknown

(but HT: my wife.)