For 2017, I have chosen the word 'rest' to focus on, and to be honest I haven't done a great job of actually doing it.
Just when I think that rest might be something close, around a corner, and within grasp, something comes up and I find myself doing anything but resting.
The thing is, that's a choice: my default status is busy.
Not that I'm too busy to talk to a friend or too busy to add something to my to-do list...I'm generally just busy.
I used to love the thrill of procrastinating on a major project in college, knowing that I could whip it out the night before or morning it was due and get a decent grade.
I was blessed with the gift of being able to get things done. And this truly can be a gift, but...
There are too many times where I left myself become busy just for busy's sake...when I don't allow others to help...and where I choose busyness over the opportunity to take a deep breath and rest.
I think that somewhere along the line I decided that being busy and getting things done was worth more than rest. That I should operate under the assumption that I am the super hero that will eventually save the world through all of the little tasks that I can/will get done.
And that's how I've operated for a long time.
It's hard to change from the customized settings back to the default. It's hard to go back to the basics and forget about the shortcut keys that you've programmed in.
But it's time. So now, as I get ready for hopefully an evening of uninterrupted rest between my pillow and I, I am going to play the piano and forget about the busyness that so often is a cloud over my day.
It's time to slow down.
It's time to choose rest.
Just when I think that rest might be something close, around a corner, and within grasp, something comes up and I find myself doing anything but resting.
The thing is, that's a choice: my default status is busy.
Not that I'm too busy to talk to a friend or too busy to add something to my to-do list...I'm generally just busy.
I used to love the thrill of procrastinating on a major project in college, knowing that I could whip it out the night before or morning it was due and get a decent grade.
I was blessed with the gift of being able to get things done. And this truly can be a gift, but...
There are too many times where I left myself become busy just for busy's sake...when I don't allow others to help...and where I choose busyness over the opportunity to take a deep breath and rest.
I think that somewhere along the line I decided that being busy and getting things done was worth more than rest. That I should operate under the assumption that I am the super hero that will eventually save the world through all of the little tasks that I can/will get done.
And that's how I've operated for a long time.
It's hard to change from the customized settings back to the default. It's hard to go back to the basics and forget about the shortcut keys that you've programmed in.
But it's time. So now, as I get ready for hopefully an evening of uninterrupted rest between my pillow and I, I am going to play the piano and forget about the busyness that so often is a cloud over my day.
It's time to slow down.
It's time to choose rest.
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