Careful Thinking or Not?
“More than an hour has passed away,” said the aunt of James Watt to her nephew, angrily, “and you have not uttered a single word. Do you know what you have been doing all the time? You have been taking off and putting on the lid of the saucepan, and catching the drops of water formed by vapor on a saucer and spoons. It’s a shame for you to waste your time so!” But was it time wasted? He was musing over that mighty force of steam, which he was by and by to enlist in the world’s service, and which eventually changed the whole commercial life of the world. Time spent in thought that aims at practical usefulness is not wasted, but finely invested. To “rest a while” at Our Lord’s invitation is to be recruited and re-invigorated for the higher and best service.
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