REST.
There's a reason we have days of rest. I would do well to remember to use them for recovery. For down time. For time to stop and think. All too often I use that time to play catch up - to do all the things I never got to, or put aside because something more urgent seemed to present itself.
But really, I feel so much better when I actually rest. Sit down with a book, or my journal, or with a craft project that I find relaxing. That down time restores my attitude. It makes me less cross. It helps my patience bucket stay full.
When things were at their worst in the midst of the separation and divorce, rest was at the very, very bottom of my priority list. Because with resting came time to think. To feel. To hear the very loud silence. I solved for not being able to deal with the pain and loneliness and sadness by keeping myself busy. And then I could collapse into bed at night and fall asleep without my mind racing - the what ifs, the could haves, the what nexts?
I am so thankful that time has healed a lot of that. Forgiveness has helped. And now the resting - the thinking time - isn't so scary. I don't have to avoid it any more. It has returned to the welcome time of rejuvenating - to help me be a better me.
STOP.
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