"If we are terrified of what we will find in rest, we will refuse to look up from our work, refuse to stop moving. We quickly fill all the blanks on our calendar with tasks accomplishments, errands, things to be done - anything to fill the time, the empty space." ~ Wayne Muller "Sabbath"
I am thankful for the last three days of sickness. I don't often stop and make space for slience and rest these days. By not stopping I realize how out of touch and distant I feel with myself and with others. When life is consumed with work, social obligations and various forms of entertainment opportunities for solutide, silence, art, prayer, music, eating, drinking and the other things that make life beautiful are drowned out by the sea of noise that vies for my attention and begs me to consume things rather than to create them.
2 comments:
Yeah, it sounds like your approach to being forced to be home was more productive and fulfilling than mine...
Well I hadn't really thought about the drugs and how they were affecting you. :( Also I'm not in much pain compared to what you're going through!
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