What is life about?

President's Day was hard for me. I gave my homeschooled children the day off, so when I woke up that morning, there was an empty schedule in front of me. I couldn't deal with it. I am hugely motivated to be doing what I'm supposed to be doing, and on that day I didn't really know what I was supposed to be doing. I wasn't trusting God to lead me through my day, but larger than that, I was not seeing clearly what life is about. Why do I get hung up on doing stuff? It's not about that. It's about knowing God and walking with Him. I can do that on a holiday and my day isn't wasted. When Jesus told Martha that only one thing was necessary, and that Mary had chosen it, He wasn't kidding. Our relationship with Him is the only thing that's necessary. The greatest commandment is to love, and we canNOT love God or anyone else unless we're seeing God's love and receiving it; love for God and others flows naturally out of that. We love because He first loved us. We can't crank out the fruits of the Spirit by our efforts, because they come from God and have to flow out of our relationship with Him. I'm not just talking about knowing about God's love; I'm talking about experiencing it. I'm talking about taking our needy hearts to the One who is love and life. This is the way God always intended it to be. Satan tries to tell us that we have to make ourselves good. This will never happen, but it's easy for me to think that way; y'all, beware of that trap.
Our works won't change the world; our love will change the world. It starts with hanging out with Jesus 24/7. I know this probably sounds preachy, but I feel very strongly about this.