"Your
mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the
answer." ~William S. Burroughs
"Don't mistake activity with achievement."
~John Wooden
"Life is
what happens while you are busy making other plans." ~John Lennon
"I feel
like I'm too busy writing history to read it." ~Kanye West
"The time to relax is when you don't have time for
it." ~Sydney J. Harris
A ship may be safe in the harbor but it is not built to sit
in the harbor and it will never fulfill its purpose by sitting in the
environment where it is safe. It must go out into the rough unprotected water
in order to accomplish anything. But after a long voyage it also needs the
harbor in order to get proper cleaning and maintenance. We to must go
forward in order to move forward, success is yet to be found within our
comfort zone. To make a good living or to reach higher and bigger goals, to
fulfill more of our potential, it may take everything we can give. But in the
process of all the work and giving, we must also receive. Not receive as in
take away from someone else who we think "owes us" but rather receive
as in give to ourselves the proper balance of rest along with all of the work.
Someone once asked Zig Ziglar which of all of the words is
most important. Zig thought for a moment and he said "balance". The
most important word is balance. In order for a ship to make use of its purpose
it must leave the harbor, but what if it never came back in and got cleaned or
maintained? I am sure you would agree that eventually without the proper care
it would become less able to fulfill its purpose and begin to wear down and
deteriorate. We to must take the time to reflect, recharge, reboot, and
refresh. Most people would not think of going even a day without charging their
smart phone, but do we charge our minds and bodies?
This message is more for me than anyone else. I have
always been of the opinion that you can accomplish just about anything with
hard work and discipline. But I am becoming more aware of the growing body of
evidence which shows that taking regular breaks from mental and physical tasks
actually improves productivity and creativity and that skipping this kind of
proper care can lead to stress and exhaustion. Just like a muscle is developed
from hard work followed by proper rest, so it is in life. The key here is
balance.
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