Soph and I were on vacation all week this past week, and it was a great chance to really let everything go and just let things settle mentally. The best analogy I can come up with is that pre-vacation I was like a jar of water with some sand in it that had been vigorously shaken, so that the water was effectively opaque. Vacation let the sand settle so that the water in the jar was clear, and let me actually think some things through.
It was really good to take a step back from work, a step back from our house, a step back even from friendships, and just be still. The last 6 months, and really the last year have been all movement, all at a manic pace, and I just have not made sufficient space to rest. This past week was too short, in many ways, but it was soooo necessary. And I feel a *lot* better now than I did beforehand.
"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." - Psalm 46:10
Soph and I are going to make sure going forward that we take at least a long weekend once every 3 months; we'll even plan the next break at the end of the current one. Our next one will be a weekend at Pismo beach sometime in September.
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