Take some time...

"When I hear the learn'd astronomer

When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me, 

When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,

When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,

How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,

Till rising and gliding out i wander'd off by myself,

In the mystical moist night-air and from time to time,

Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars."--Walt Whitman

In this day and age everyone is looking for answers. We go to school and educate ourselves to find answers to the world's questions. We go to church and look to religion to find answers to questions about our own humanity. And, at least in my experience, we often get lost in a sea of so many possibilities that we can't actually find what we are looking for. I have found that when it seems to become overwhelming the best thing to do is stop. Stop looking for answers. Stop trying to know more, understand more, be more. Just be. I know, it sounds like some New Age philosophy, but it is true. If you let yourself sit. Let yourself breath. Let yourself think about nothing, but the beautiful world around you. Then, everything seems to come into place. 

I am not saying that education is not a wonderful thing. Or that religion doesn't have it's place. I am just saying that sometimes those things can distract us from who we truly are and where we are going in life. Take some time. Step away from the lectures and distractions and look at the stars.