Sometimes I Sits and Thinks and Sometimes I Just Sits...

When I was a kid, I remember being so frustrated with my mother because I felt like she didn’t sit down enough. There was always one more chore to do, one more meeting to be at, or one more errand to run. Big P (my mother) would be moving in and out the house doing 12 things at once while I observed her in exasperation. I would get so fed up from watching her jump from one thing to another that I would spring up from whatever I was doing and say with passion and concern, “Momma, why won’t you just sit down?!” My little soul was disturbed by her hastiness, and I didn’t understand why she couldn’t just drop everything and take a moment to chill……then I became an adult.

Here I am 30 years later wondering why I just can’t sit the hell down sometimes. It’s like I feel guilty when I have free time, and I find myself trying to fill it with something. Before I started writing this blog post, I was thinking of at least five things I needed to be doing at the moment. I called my mother and started rattling off the things I wanted to accomplish today but could not because of inclement weather. Then I said, “I just can’t sit here and do nothing.” To that statement, Big P replied with the following quote: Sometimes I sits and thinks and sometimes I just sits (some say this quote is from Winnie the Pooh, some say otherwise). She then reminded me of the times I used to ask her to just sit down which was basically her smooth way of saying, “Sam, take your own advice.”

Sitting and doing nothing is so underrated in today’s society, yet it’s such an essential thing to do. I’m the one who creates the goals and finish lines in my life yet and still I’m rushing like I’m on someone else’s clock. I sometimes get so caught up in societal standards that I find myself jumping through hoops and going super hard just to feel like I’m keeping up. Yes I have things to do and goals I want to see come to fruition, but I also have a spirit that needs tending to as well. If I don’t take the time to reflect and do absolutely nothing, I won’t be able to give my goals 100 percent and most importantly, I won’t be able to hear from God.

I’m challenging you all, as well as myself, to take some time this week to just sit and think or just sit. Let’s make sure we are giving ourselves the space to be productive as well as the space to be rejuvenated.

Happy sitting,

- Samjah Iman

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