Take a break from frenetic activity to ponder. There is too much doing and not enough thinking. It has always been that way. Nearly everyone has been out in the world trying to "get things done" since before recorded history. And if you stop such people to ask them if they've thought seriously about whether what they are getting done really needs to be done, they hurry away, breathlessly muttering about not having time for navel-gazing. Pondering makes your actions more purposeful. But the truth is that activity will only be good by chance if you don't take a break to think about what you're doing. To spend a few minutes a day pondering whether what you're doing is really worth doing can't hurt anything, can it? Contemplating for insight This little book provides ten starter contemplations for insight. As the introduction says, "Read one contemplation every now and then, and ruminate. After you’ve gone through all of them, take some time off, and then pick up one again. You’ll find that you probably think differently about it. This is the beginning of a lifelong process of deliberate thinking that can offset some of the hectic doing that takes up so much of our days." Take a break Take a break from doing and think a little bit. It really can help you to see your life in a new light.