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Today's
quotation:
Rest
is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a
summer
day listening
to the murmur of water, or watching
the clouds float
across the sky, is hardly a waste of time.
John
Lubbock
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Today's
Meditation:
I
love to rest. I've had jobs that have kept me
extremely busy-- the Army comes to mind-- during which time
I had no time to rest at all. Now I love to rest, to
take naps, and to just recharge myself on days when I
really need to kick back and take it easy. My rest
time is very valuable to me because it helps me to be
better at what I do when I'm not resting. Sometimes
the best advice that we can ever get is to take some down
time and relax-- but it's very often advice that we ignore,
unfortunately.
We need rest, but we convince ourselves that we need to
work more. We tell ourselves that we can't rest
because something "important" needs to be done,
not keeping in mind the fact that rest is just as
important as the vast majority of our tasks. And
when we do rest, so often we just sit down somewhere
boring for a few minutes until we've recovered a tiny bit,
and then we get back to work. These mini-rests,
though, don't have nearly as many positive effects on our
minds, spirits, or bodies that true rest does.
Sometimes I have to force myself to truly rest, and it's
always worth the effort. I go for a long walk--
without any electronics present-- and enjoy the
day. I sit down with a book and a cup of coffee and
I read. Or I sit down with nothing at all and simply
listen to some relaxing music, allowing myself to fall
asleep and take a nap. When I'm done resting, I'm
ready to do whatever I need to do, and I'm able to do it
better because I'm able to focus better and to stick with
it longer.
I love to find beautiful places to rest, whether they be
in a park or out in the woods or near some water.
Resting isn't a luxury for me-- it's a necessity. It
just feels like a luxury.
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