I said yesterday in quoting Matthew Kelly that I would offer this word of wisdom without further comment, and I did.

You cannot live a meaningful life by filling your life with meaningless things and activities. – Matthew Kelly, Life is Messy, page 150.

But that was yesterday! What are some of the meaningless things and activities we give ourselves to?

Things? Our houses are filled with them! Last week I received a gift from my cable company: a nice Bluetooth speaker. There’s only one problem: I don’t need another Bluetooth speaker. I spent a few minutes thinking about where I could put it and how I could use it, but after thinking about meaningless things, I’m going to give it away.

Meaningless activities? I’ve got a personal list I’m trying to whittle down, but this picture captures one source of meaningless activities, doesn’t it?

So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90.12, ESV)