“The Loving Presence does not burden us equally with all things, but considerately puts upon each of us just a few central tasks, as emphatic responsibilities. For each of these special undertakings is our share in the joyous burden of love. Thus the state of having a concern has a foreground and a background. In the foreground is the special task, uniquely illuminated, toward which we feel a special yearning and care. In the background is a second level, or layer, or universal concern for all the multitude of good things that need doing. Toward them all we feel kindly, but we are dismissed from active service in most of them.”
A Testament of Devotion by Thomas R. Kelly
Um, does this mean I don't have to scrub my floor since it's always in the background?
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