Tag: learning to rest

  • Make Me Tired

    Make Me Tired

    It’s still morning, but I spent most of my time with work, which is unusual for me, but the idea of getting it done and having the rest of my day open sounds phenomenal. It’s a cloudy, drizzly day, so stretched across the bed reading is on the agenda. I’m curious to know if you’ve…

  • Permission to Rest

    Permission to Rest

    It’s one of the most difficult practices I’ve taken on and has taken all year to come to terms with it. I was born the very last year of the boomer generation, so I learned how to be ‘driven’ and some would say harnessed an ‘over achiever’ attitude. If you rested, you were being lazy…

  • Rest Our Wings

    Rest Our Wings

    The female Cardinal arrived at the same spot in front of the window and fluttered there in mid air looking for what was no longer there. I spent time recently repotting some plants and this hanging basket was one of them. Instead of returning the hanging basket to it’s original spot in front of the…

  • Say Yes to Rest

    Say Yes to Rest

    The learning to rest thing is not easy, but it’s worth every effort given. I see ancient patterns resistant to change because they’ve been with me for a lifetime. As a child I don’t recall taking time for rest. Mama kept us busy because she believed if we had too much time on our hands…

  • I Almost Missed It

    I Almost Missed It

    I couldn’t find a good photo online of what I saw. Maybe it was a moment that couldn’t be caught by a phone camera. I thought about taking a picture, because at the time my phone was in my hand. This is also how I almost missed it. There’s a popular saying, “Do more things…

  • Learning to Rest

    Learning to Rest

    Recently, I took a 30-day hiatus from Blogging to give my words a rest. That’s what I’m learning about and it’s spilling over into other areas of my life. I’m even reading books about rest because I’ve never been good at it, but want to be. Rest doesn’t mean napping the day away, but I…