When It's Rush Hour All Day Long

Book excerpt: For so many people, life has become a constant rush driven by calendars and alarms, taking a heavy toll on the mind, body, and spirit. Among the costs to the mind: Psychologists suggest that a constantly rushed person may develop a psychological addiction to the high adrenalin levels. Among hurry's costs to the body: Forty years ago a cardiologist discovered that his heart disease patients all shared one characteristic--chronic rush. And the cost to the spirit is great as well. A self-diagnosed (but recovering) hurry addict, author John W. Tadlock takes an amusing, straightforward look at the costs of hurry, including a You might have hurry sickness if quiz. Tadlock explores praying as listening, reversing the age of instantaneity, and living a well-ordered life to guide readers into a more realistic, eternal view of time.