I got a new catalog in the mail today. Three pages in, I see this- The 40 Second Toothbrush. As you can see in the description, this little jewel brushes FOUR, count ‘em, FOUR teeth at once... inside and out. Apparently, this cuts your toothbrushing time by 66%. Wow! Let’s imagine what we could do with that extra minute and a half.
1) Clean the sink (that was Paige’s)
2) Pray (that was my Sunday school answer)
3) Savor my coffee a little more (my reality answer)
4) 50 stomach crunches (the “Tiger” in my imagination)
Seriously now, since when is two minutes just too long to spend on dental hygiene? It seems like in “Microwave America,” everything continually must advance, technologically speaking, so that we can save time. What are we doing with all this time we are saving? Because of my laptop, cell phone, microwave, electric razor, DVR, cordless phone, programmable coffee maker, that Bluetooth thingamabob, and my Exxon Speedpass, I figured the increased efficiency and the shortened amount of time that it takes me to do all those things rather than have attempted the “old fashioned” way, I buy myself an extra 27 minutes a day. What do I do with that you ask? Apparently, the same things you do-- Facebook, Twitter, blogs, internet, PS3, yeah... you're busted. I think you get my point. The best layed plans of mice and men, as the saying goes. We are so busy. We multi-task. We fight, scratch, and claw for more and more time to claim for ourselves so that we can... do what? The thing that I have been coming back to recently is the power of being still. Psalm 46:10 says,"Be still and know that I am God." The down time that I "enjoyed" during Paige's recent health issues actually gave me room to think and reflect on many things. Believe it or not, I whiled away many a moment sitting on my deck and front porch just being quiet and thinking. Occasionally, I read my Bible or something else, but it was truly satisfying to merely be still and... think. I guess I should not use the term "merely" as if to do something that God commands us to do is a trivial pursuit.
Whether you buy the toothbrush or not, use some of that time that you squirrel away during the day and be still. You will be surprised.
And you only have to pay the low, low price of $100 to gain that 2 minutes a day (OK, if you brush twice a day, that's 4 minutes). And at my current pay rate of...$0/hour, that will take me a lifetime to recoup the cost. Good thing they don't have us writing up their ads.
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