Today I am thankful for rest, for the pause that refreshes.....I don't tend to do the rest thing as much as I should....or want. I am thankful for sleeping in, for getting to sleep early, for laying in front of the TV. I am thankful for unscheduled time....the down time, the times of relaxation and pushing away the to-do list. I am thankful for a day sitting by the water, or on my back deck or watching a movie with my children or in front of a shimmering Christmas tree....to just rest, reflect, re-energixe and recharge.
Life is busy. There is work to be done. bills to be paid, household chores to catch up on. I go running from one responsibility to another...and often fall into bed exhausted at the end of each day, just to arise too early the next morning to start the whole vicious cycle again. But there is a time to slow down, and rest and be still so that you can regain some of the pieces of yourself that you have misplaced along the way.
"Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest."
~ Mark Buchanan
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