The Floating Anchor

For the person who wants each day to count again.

You wake up, you move, you plan.

Then a small health scare reminds you of a simple truth, quiet but seismic: presence matters more than productivity.

Most of us run on a future treadmill. We rehearse the next meeting, the next fix, the next outcome until the only life we live is a list. A health hiccup pulls the cord, and suddenly you can see how much you were trading away for things that won’t outlast you.

Presence is not passive. Presence is an intentional stance, a way to do work with your whole body and still keep your hands open for what matters. It changes how you treat mornings, children, neighbors, and even the coffee you pour.

Here is the practical shift, small and stubborn: choose one thing you will do well today that cannot be measured by metrics. Love a person, sit quietly, listen without planning your answer. Do it like worship.

Efficiency is the highest virtue.

That line crosses out a lie the world loves to preach. God’s economy counts what our calendars don’t.

Jesus Christ did not teach busyness as holiness. He taught attentive presence, sacrificial love, and resting in the Father’s timing. When you live like that, your work is still excellent, but it is no longer the god that steals your mornings.

If you feel pulled between tasks and tenderness, practice this small workout for your heart: stop, name one good thing you see, thank God for it out loud, do the next thing with that tiny gratitude inside you. Repeat.

Presence rebuilds perspective, and perspective is the muscle that protects joy. You do not have to wait for a major wake-up to start living this way. Start with a single breath, a single attentive minute, a single honest compliment.

Share this with someone who needs permission to slow down, and let them know, gentle is not lazy, it is holy.

Focus Point

Presence is not a pause from life; it is the way you fully live it.

~Jackie

PS If today felt heavy, this is your reminder that every day above ground is an invitation.