Analogy
It is possible to be busy with good things and still miss the best thing. Busyness feels like purpose. It can also function as…
Rest · Fear · Presence
Story
Boris Becker interview
Tennis star Boris Becker, at the top of his sport and rich in material possessions, later spoke of being on the brink of suicide. “I had won Wimbledon twice… I was rich. I had all the material possessions I needed… I had no inner peace. I was a puppet on a string.” The pattern is old: outer success and inner vacancy. Ecclesiastes named it long before modern celebrity did.
How you’d preach it
Achievement and wealth do not by themselves produce inner peace.