This rest malarkey

Rest is actively engaging in being inactive.

R is for resisting the mind and body’s desire to be active.
E is for energy saving and restoring by actively choosing
inactivity in mind and body to allow essential internal repair
work to be conducted
S is for space to practice being still in mind and body;
noticing the desire for activity and letting it go
T is for time to master the art of ‘being’ over ‘doing’ to
restore balance, unity and harmony within

Typically, we tend to be prone to either overdoing or underdoing. Those of us prone to
overdoing can feel as if we are being lazy when we are simply allowing ourselves to
overdo, less. Those prone to underdoing appear to have mastered the art of this
without any such concerns.

While those of us in middle age and beyond tend to fall in to the first category with the
younger generations tending to fall into the other category, this is not definitively so
either way! There are I believe, as many under-do-ers in the older generations as there
are over-do-ers in the younger ones. Wherever we find ourselves, cultural changes
between generations tend to come about by swinging from one extreme to the other
before settling into some healthier midway point.

Only we can really know what we need to do, or not do, to re-dress our own imbalance.

That’s all for now because rest is calling me, you and us …