Your spirit needs a rest too

“Has your schedule been lopsided lately? Be sure to balance your time between work, play, spirtuality, exercise, and relationships.”
— Doreen Virtue, Ph.D., Healing with the Angels

I understand that you are busy. We all have so many demands for our time, so many responsibilities. However, when our schedules become overwhelming and out of balance, our energy levels drop. We then feel like we are running around always trying to catch up on a day that is slipping through our fingers.

Our spirit is shouting out for rest to restore and renew our physical, emotional, and spiritual lives. Our bodies need rest to function properly. Our minds need rest to perform at peak efficiency. We need rest to enjoy our relationships.

Check your pattern of living right now. Be sure to add in regular intervals of meditation, exercise, and play — yes play — into your days. This fine balance of work, live, play will help you grow and feel the joy of life.

What creative ideas can you come up with to renew yourself? Here are a few ideas to get you started.  However, I encourage you to create your own list based on your passions and hobbies:

•  Schedule a massage with a professional massage therapist
•  Have a spiritual growth weekend.  Retreat into nature.  Plan some alone time.
•  Go for a drive with no particular destination in mind.  Explore the countryside, slow down and observe what you see.
•  Treat yourself to a night in a hotel or bed and breakfast.
•  Visit a museum or a zoo.
•  Take an afternoon off and go to the movies—maybe even a kid’s movie!
•  Go to a yard sale or auction.
•  Go rollerskating or rollerblading with a friend!
•  Enjoy a photographic retreat.  Take your camera into nature and shoot away.
•  Watch cartoons with a child. 
•  Visit a farmer’s market and shop for fresh produce.
•  Drop by a health food store and walk the aisles.
•  Go dancing.
•  Take a horseback ride.