Rest

“There is a virtue in work and there is virtue in rest, use both to overlook neither.”  – Alan Cohen

How do you find rest?

Is it in the white space of time unoccupied by toil, or the toil unoccupied by rumination?

Many of us avoid the concept of rest as one might envision it….nothing to do and without guilt.

Mostly because we feel guilt!

Or some derivative therein.  

When we take time off, time away from the toil of work, or other responsibilities, our mind begins to play havoc on our gift.

Are we so deserved? Shouldn’t we be doing something? What about that thing that still isn’t done?

No rest of the wicked, and wicked are we who would choose to rest.

But rest isn’t a void, it’s an opportunity to release.  A void infers there is unused space and immediately requires fill.

Opportunity infers a choice to not be bothered, a choice to think freely and imagine, or create.  Rest isn’t about doing nothing, it’s about doing something you need to explore free of the responsibility of stuff!

Real rest isn’t what you have been sold it to be. Going on vacation, and managing all that comes with travel or transition.

Spa sessions and massages.

Real rest can be had right in front of you if you permit yourself.

That’s the key, can you permit yourself to not give a S*&t?

The FEAR acronym prevails, False Expectations Appearing Real.

We cloud our mind at rest with that which we fear, expecting it’s all just our imagination gone wrong.

Rest is allowing your mind to imagine gone right.

We must train ourselves to rest, it doesn’t come naturally. It’s a learned skill.

Start with permitting yourself.

Then imagine anything you want.