Power of Rest

“Rest and be thankful.”― William Wordsworth

“RESTING IS DOING

If only we could see the power in rest.
If only we could attach to it, the worth it so deserves.
If only we could open our minds to the idea, that everything in nature has its time to rise and its time to descend.
That each of these acts is just a important as the other.
And that is exactly as it must be.
If only we could see the courage it takes to lay aside the worries, the fears and the comparison, just for a few hours, to let the mind, spirit and body come together again.
Doing the one thing they all require so much… nothing.
If only we could see the power in rest.
Because resting is very much doing.” – Donna Ashworth

Pause, sit, rest
Look up at the sky
Often
Margins and white space
Time to rise
Time to descend.
The doing and work of rest.

“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.”― Alan Cohen