The Daily Disturbance

Let’s make rest happen by choosing to R-E-C-R-E-A-T-E.

7 practical ways to achieve periods of rest every day of. Your life?

And yes, choosing to Love is part of them! “Love turns work into rest.”― Teresa of Avila

Because getting more done is the mindset, and rest is a hindrance to doing just that!

To change the mindset we need to change the input. And let this day help you do just that!

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” ― John Lubbock

Like you need to sleep, to recover, or to breathe?

But isn’t it amazing how so many fall into the trap of cutting rest to the minimum (or making do without it completely) not realizing that by doing so they compromise the very purpose for doing it!

“Rests allow us the ability to add depth and additional emotions to music through the use of silence. The musical rests also help to support other tools when creating tension, relieving tension, creating suspension and suspense and they give us time to catch our breath.” - Don Rath

Who doesn’t want a great finish?

Here are 12 suggestions from Panche Dessan on how go beyond just floating and actually soar in life!

“Starting strong is great; finishing strong is epic.” – Robin Sharma

By doing it again, again, and again.

“Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.” ― Charles Duhigg

Do the boring stuff. In the long run, they produce results that make life more amazing!

“She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails. -  Elizabeth Edwards

It’s not just what you do, it’s how you do it!

When you get into quicksand, first take note, it’s not as quick as the movies depict them to be. And to survive, you need to, among others, do these counterintuitive things: get horizontal as soon as you can, keep both head and arms above the sand, and make small consistent moves, not huge ones that only suck you in deeper.

Work smarter not just harder.

Do all you can to stay afloat!

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” - Winston Churchill

Sometimes simply holding on or standing still until the storm passes is the only reasonable thing to do.

Or perhaps, learn a thing or two while the storm rages on.

“If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.” - Shane Koyczan

By admitting to yourself you can’t swim your way out!

Recognizing that there will be days you just don’t have it within you is key to others stepping up the plate, making up for your inability (for whatever reason) or simply pulling you out of the waters to live another day!

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.” ― J.K. Rowling

“We can't be afraid of change. You may feel very secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know that there is such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, may be the very reason why you don't have something better.”

― C. JoyBell C.