Time to Rest

We live during very fast times - insta-satisfaction - no sacrifice, no patience, no time. It is very easy to get caught up in this life's 'rat-race'; in fact if one decides to take time to themselves, others frown upon them and tell them that they are wasting time. How can we waste time really? Life is the longest thing we have to experience and although we are living on borrowed time, if we speed through life, will we really be able to enjoy, experience and be stimulated. Work is important, and it is wonderful to be ambitious and proactive, but it is also equally important to take time to rest, to take time to know thyself and to just be.

Lulls don't mean failure, it only means we are regenerating and re-booting before our next burst of inspiration takes flight. Life shouldn't be a race. No-one should dictate how quickly you should perform or journey through your path in life. Your path, your journey, is unique and significant to only you. Dance to your own tune. Don't rush through it. Feel it, cherish it, be at peace with it. 

It is funny how fast we move about like little ants, rushing for that money, to buy things, more and more things to fill our little ant nests. We don't see what is right in front of us. The beauty, the nature, the architecture, the sites and sounds and beautiful souls right within our reach. Instead we spend time in traffic, whizzing to meetings, and picking up 'over-time' to feel alive or purposeful. Just being, sitting quietly, contemplating and dreaming are also perfectly acceptable ways to be alive and learn purpose.

Don't let your life pass you by…slow down sometimes…you may gain a new perspective…

Why are we so afraid to be silent and spend time with ourselves? If we don't make status updates or keep our schedules full, will we cease to exist? Being here...now...is tremendously precious...take some time to recognize it. :))

I'll leave you with some lovely quotes by one of my favourite authors Kahlil Gibran that may make these thoughts resonate deeper within you:

"…Of Time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing….Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness…"

"…Go to your fields and your gardens, and you shall learn that it is the pleasure of the bee to gather honey of the flower, but it is also the pleasure of the flower to yield its honey to the bee…For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life…And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love…"

"…We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair…"