“Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest.”
―Mark Buchanan
What has grown in you in a period of rest?
The Last Laugh
The only way to make sure that you get the last laugh is to be willing to laugh at yourself—and to be easily amused.
What funny story do you tell about yourself?
Give it a Rest
Facing the challenges of life requires courage and persistence and skill. But sometimes the best strategy is just to give it a rest for a while and wait for things to pass.
What is your favorite way to procrastinate or relax?
Airing Your Laundry
People are commonly accused of “airing our dirty laundry in public.” And surely not everything needs to be on display. But on the other hand, one way to get your laundry smelling fresh and clean is to allow it to air out, and that might just mean having it hanging in the public eye.
What has felt cleaner and more wholesome to you after you allowed people to see it?
Stop
There is so much more to Sabbath than what we stop doing, but for the purposes of disciplining power, simply stopping matters a great deal.
—Andy Crouch
What could you stop doing to make room for something else?