“The simple intention to rest, consistently applied, turns the valley of the shadow into sweet surrender.” Martha Beck; Super Soul Instagram
How beautiful this is to me! Joy in simplicity and surrendering to rest sounds like pure peace and happiness to me.
Many of our lives are so overwhelming and far from simple. So many of us fight to not surrender and to not rest. I often think that I surely don’t want to miss something good because I am resting. And, just what if, the rest itself is the ‘something good’ that I do miss in the fear of missing out in life; buying into the complex competition of what we sometimes call life.
Just what if life isn’t a competition; a challenge; a ‘should’… Just what if we are all winners being who we are as we are meant to be. And by believing and being this truth that is within our self of who we are, there is nothing to compete against.
We all get exactly what we are supposed to experience in the exact time we are supposed to experience it. There is nothing that will get in its way and there is nothing that will stop our unique journey of life from happening exactly as we are meant to experience it.
What if in resting when we are tired, we win. We become the most productive we can be. What if we don’t put pressure on our self in the name of creating, building, becoming and/or being who we are being called to be; in living our unique vocation. What if we stop the fight of withholding rest…
What if, when you do get tired, you acknowledge it and respond favorably…
May you surrender to the healing; the beauty sleep, the rest of one’s tired self when the need for it shows up.
You can relax in a store line or a doctor’s office, in a traffic jam or at a standstill, or for even a part of your break time. You can relax by just concentrating on letting go of any tension in your body. You can relax by observing your breath. You could choose to notice your surroundings more. Whatever it takes to just let go and/or relax for even just moments at a time, will bring you to a sweeter you; a more relaxed and awarely energetic being.
May you give in to the sweet surrender of rest. May you find completeness here. May you let your light shine on; recharged.
Haze. Photo by Jess