Reclaiming Human Being
In a world of 'Human Doing'
Have you ever stopped and wondered about the meaning of ‘human being’?
When was the last time you were just ‘being’ rather than always ‘doing’?
On far too many occasions I wake up thinking, what do I have to ‘DO’ today? Rather than could I just take a moment to just ‘BE’?
Human doing often takes precedence over the essential and often overlooked human being. We find ourselves engulfed in a cycle of activity, driven by the demands of productivity, achievement and ambition. It’s this relentless pursuit, it makes me want to pause and actually just ‘be’. My mum always used to say to me “Tanya, you’ll meet yourself coming back in a minute, if you don’t slow down”. And of course she was so right.
The pressure to fill the day with tasks and our minds with thoughts of productivity, even overshadow the simple yet transformative act of ‘being’ present in the moment.
I’m always pondering over the act of ‘human doing’ as opposed to ‘human being’ especially today, as this weekend I am hosting …