Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work. (Ralph Marston)
Thinking about the musings from DAY 13: In The Beginning…Part 2…
I believe that it is important to take some rest.
Just like the second week winding down at school, week 2 is winding down here. I end with the quote:
“I will give you Sunday’s off, it’s a God thing….”
The more I think about it, I don’t really know if it is really just a ‘God thing’. I mean, don’t animals, insects, birds, plants, the rest of Mother Nature and even Atheists, believe in the importance of rest? Whether they think it’s a ‘God thing’ or not, rest is necessary for all of us on this Earth, to restore, and to rejuvenate, our hearts, minds, bodies and souls. I think, most importantly, because Monday’s can be brutal, on a good Monday….
Bottom line no matter where you stand on the issue of God…get some rest.
Spend some time if you want to do some reviewing, reflecting, and/or meditating, on the week that has just ended. To be mindful perhaps of the following from last week:
Day 8: Someone Upstairs Runs the Show Part 1. – The Foundations of human history begins, (according to CollegeBoard), around 10,000 years ago. Eventually, all humans die. Is that it? There must be more. There is because Someone Upstairs Runs The Show;
Day 9: Someone Upstairs Runs The Show Part 2. – Humans are constantly progressing over time. This progressing is in an upward direction. The history of human architecture is filled with physical evidence of mankind trying to attain this Someone Upstairs Who Runs The Show;
Day 10: OK…So Who Is This Someone? – The grey rain-curtain…silver glass…white shores…a far green country…a swift sunrise. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….the Force. Wizards. Hobbits. Jedi. Sith Lords. Mankind. All trying to find out and be a part of Someone Upstairs Who Runs The Show;
Day 11: There Has To Be A Way To Make It All Make Sense…Right? – The Father of Western Philosophy whose legacy, among others, was syllogism: All men are mortal…I am a man…I am mortal. It is Aristotle’s syllogism that can be used to unlock many doors;
Day 12: In The Beginning…Part 1. – Where ultimately do we come from? Regardless of the answer you believe in regarding the beginnings of where humans came from, what is important is that humans do not progress in a perfect, upward trajectory, but rather, in a series of ups and downs…ultimately leading up in the long run;
Day 13: In The Beginning…Part 2. – Again the question needs to be asked, where ultimately do we come from? Adam and Eve? Monkeys? Aliens? All of the above? Regardless of where you stand, hunters and gatherers can at least be considered ‘civilized’ in one regard: they had an elementary belief system. So the question to that is what does that have to do with the concept of Someone Upstairs Runs The Show?;
Do not feel discouraged if you don’t know how to rest. Do not feel discouraged if you power down your mind and body that wishes to forge ahead, so many things to do, so little time. Instead, embrace the idea that rest is rejuvenating. Embrace the idea that rest restores and recharges. 10-15 minutes. Do nothing regarding the upcoming workweek…for 10-15 minutes. Then, 7 days later, extend your rest time out 5 minutes. Deep breathing exercises. Simple yoga poses. Watching cute little puppies on your social media feed. All unrelated to work and your job(s). Something, some things, to clear your mind.
25 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. (Jeremiah 31:25 KJV)
Was today’s blog a little confusing at times? Was the content perhaps a little overwhelming? Did you feel lost not understanding some or most of the subject matter?
Those feelings are totally understandable and it is ok to have one or more of those feelings. Remember that you are reading Day 14: Rest…Relax…Reflect.
If you haven’t been in class since the first day of school…or when the project began…or when the contract was first signed, etc., these feelings make perfect and logistical sense.
Please feel free to go back to where all of this began: