I learned something fantastic this week by listening to the podcast, “Happier” by Gretchen Rueben. She shared a quote that I have been thinking about ever since. This quote came from a book written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House series.
“We are so overwhelmed with things these days that our lives are all, more or less, cluttered. I believe it is this, rather than a shortness of time, that gives that feeling of hurry and almost helplessness. Everyone is hurrying and usually just a little late. Notice the faces of the people who rush past on the streets or on our country roads! They nearly all have a strained, harassed look, and anyone you meet will tell you there is no time for anything anymore.”
Part of the reason I find this quote so fascinating is that Laura wrote this in 1924 when she was living in the country… on a farm in Missouri.
