too much information coming at us
too many voices calling for our attention
too many things to purchase with a credit card
too many entertaining entertainments, and
too many things we need to do and in order to function well.
Therefore, he says we are unable to make commitments, unable to set priorities, unable to relax and experience quiet. We lack contentment and are unable to focus. We zigzag through life at an exhausting pace, exhausting ourselves over less-than-purposeful activities. We have become the antithesis of Psalm 23:
The clock is my dictator, I shall not rest.
It makes me lie down only when exhausted,