Something Spiritual—What to do when Nothing seems to be Happening

Some new year's thoughts: one of the best, and also the hardest parts of life is that things are continually shifting. If we are too busy we wish for some down time. If we are bored or under-utilized we wish for something more to happen. Amazingly, there are even times when we wish for things to slowdown (usually in one arena of life) and speed up at the same time (in another area). Wow, being a self-conscious human being is complicated, because not only do we get to feel this way but we also get to observe ourselves feeling this way and then be unsettled by it. There are also times when we don't feel like anything is happening, even if we are overly busy and our time is fully occupied. Or, we get so used to things going fast all of the time—because there is a pervasive expectation that we need to be productive all the time, especially if you have things like family, and work, and social groups, and even things that you do for fun outside of those other things—that it can be really hard to relax into quiet or stillness. Quiet might make us feel disoriented, and most of us don't like to feel disoriented. What's common to all of these?—We feel like our activity or inactivity isn't leading anywhere and we have lost our traction. What do I do if my life feels like it has stopped leading to something new?