day no. 17,287: sit still and know

"All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” —  Blaise Pascal

Because men will not be left alone to their thoughts, they force other men to listen. 

Because men cannot talk back to the voice in the head, they find others who will hear them.

Revelation 8:1

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

In Heaven there are those who can sit quietly and contentedly knowing their God and being known by Him. They can do this in Heaven because they made a habit of doing it on earth. They were able to sit still and know that the Lord is God.

Psalm 46:10

Be still, and know that I am God

All the problems in the world are caused by people who cannot be still knowing Who is in control. So, they fuss and fidget and mess with things not realizing that they are messing them up. They cannot sit still, because real thoughts may creep in and convict. They cannot be busy with good works, so they are busybodies going about talking about others who are working.