"Are you ever alone?"

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I remember from my childhood one particular visit to the circus. The clowns were hilarious, and I recall one stunt in which one of them drove out this teeny, tiny car, stopped, and then it seemed like a hundred clowns got out.

Does it ever seem to you like all of those clowns have moved into your home? Or, your office space? Or, your vehicle?

I coach a lot of people who are stressed, or have lost their focus, vision, or passion for making a life. When I ask, "How much time alone do you spend daily?" most every one of them says, "None," as if that was an idea too strange to consider.

If you truly want to listen to life and make a life, not just a living, you must ask the clowns to leave you alone for an hour or so each morning, or at lunch, or before you go to bed, so you can settle your mind, invite peace into your heart, and ask God to speak to your spirit. Spend some time alone—at home in a special room, close the door to your office at lunch, or by yourself in your car and make a life, not just a living today.

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