As a bunch of y’all know, I’m on vacation until June 1, at which point I will no longer be on vacation and will be back to more regularly posting. But until then, I wanted to share this brief vacation thought.
I’m embracing the need for “vacation” to be an exercise in making my life to look exactly the way I want it when I’m not on vacation. That, rather than “letting myself go” or deviating from myself to such a degree that I need time to recover from my vacation, I am purposefully shaping my days to be more conducive to mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health; up a bit earlier, time to exercise, honest/serious conversation, great books, good food…
The thing I am finding holds all this together is stillness. It’s the one thing that I have implemented that I have had to seriously discipline myself for. But it’s been the discipline of silence/stillness that given meaning and life to the rest, the same way Sabbath gives meaning and shape to all other days of the week.
Of course it is far easier to find stillness and silence while on vacation, but as I alluded to earlier, I hope the shape my days are taking now gives me such a taste in my mouth for living well that I’d fight for such things once I’m “back at it.”
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Your blog sounds exactly what I’m going through. I am in a stillness… peace to you!
Shalom Justin,
To me *Vacation is living life with a purpose,never without a goal* your music and lyrics bring together many arguments to make a uniformed whole. May G-d bless your righteous efforts with success! Amein
Sincerely,totallyorganic@mmail.com
P.S. I particularly appreciate the annotated portions when signing your music in American Sign Language and cross cultural interpreting. Thank you!
In addition to the other Henri Nouwen books on your reading list, you may also want to add “Out of Solitude”. It’s very short and has been a good read as I’ve been sorting out Sabbath, rest, solitude, and my lack of them.
Love your music and your writings!
-natalie