Stopping the Rush

Does this hit you between the eyes?  It did me as I began to think about the last couple years of my life.  

I rush my boys to preschool by 7am.

I rush through lessons and meetings.

I rush through lesson planning and grading. 

I rush to pick the boys up by 5.

I rush through workouts.

I rush through dinner.

I rush through bedtime.

I'm rushing through life and am realizing that in all the rushing, I'm not doing anything worthwhile.  Don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm doing everything wrong, but I'm not being great at anything.  Let me break it down...  To be worthwhile in the classroom, I rush through my time at home.  And to be worthwhile at home, I rush through all the things needed to make my classroom run.  

God has called me to slow down and stop rushing.  He's called me to focus my time where it's important, which is at home, with my boys.  So that's why, at the end of this school year, I am leaving the classroom and staying home.