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Still Saturday: Shut Up

August 7, 2015 By Sandra Heska King

 

 

SHUT UP

 

“Sandra, shut up and vacation!”

Orbitz sent me an email with those words in the subject line.

“Seriously, get going!” they continued in the body. “Go somewhere!”

Seriously, how does one ignore that?

We are going to get going for a few days…

 

SHUT UP2

 

“Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.” ~ Maya Angelou

“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” ~ 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)

 

SHUT UP3

 

“I go among trees and sit still.

All my stirring becomes quiet

around me like circles on water.

My tasks lie in their places

where I left them, asleep like cattle.”

~Wendell Berry in “1979:I” from A Timbered Choir

and quoted in Praying through Poetry: Hope for Violent Times by Peggy Rosenthal

 

SHUT UP4

 

We are going to get going for a few days… seriously.

In the stillness,

Sandy

 

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  1. MB says

    August 7, 2015 at 10:41 pm

    Haha, I’m sure that comes from a place of love 😉

    • Sandra Heska King says

      August 8, 2015 at 10:03 am

      Ha!

  2. Elizabeth Stewart says

    August 8, 2015 at 12:40 am

    I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing and refreshing getaway!

    • Sandra Heska King says

      August 8, 2015 at 10:06 am

      It’s just a few days away, Elizabeth, but they’re away… 🙂

  3. Joanne Viola says

    August 8, 2015 at 7:36 am

    So grateful to have read this post as we are on vacation starting tomorrow. And yes, I think I will be serious about it 🙂 Thank you for the push to rest. Blessings!

    • Sandra Heska King says

      August 8, 2015 at 10:07 am

      Have a restful time, Joanne. I hope it’s long enough to get into the vacation mode. I remember my OR supervisor years (and years and years) ago tell us how she hated when we would just take a few days here and a day there. She preferred for us to take our whole two weeks at once. She believed it took a week to get into the spirit of resting…

  4. Patricia @ Pollywog Creek says

    August 8, 2015 at 8:05 am

    May your time away be one of refreshment, renewal, rest, and restoration. Have a wonderful time, my beautiful friend. xoxox

    • Sandra Heska King says

      August 8, 2015 at 10:07 am

      Love you big, Pat. xo

  5. Michele Morin says

    August 8, 2015 at 8:07 am

    Oh, Wendell says it so well: “My tasks lie in their places where I left them.”
    Yup, they will definitely be waiting, so let them wait.
    Blessings as you flee!

    • Sandra Heska King says

      August 8, 2015 at 10:09 am

      Trying to care for them all is a never-ending job anyway, right Michelle? Fleeing where I hope there are no fleas… but there may be ticks. 😉

      Have a beautiful weekend, friend.

  6. Jason Stasyszen says

    August 8, 2015 at 10:36 am

    Have a wonderful time, Sandra! So glad you get to go and relax. 🙂 Blessings to you.

  7. Laurie Collett says

    August 8, 2015 at 7:08 pm

    May you have a refreshing time away! Thanks for hosting & God bless!

  8. Lyli @3dlessons4life.com says

    August 9, 2015 at 2:45 pm

    Have fun, Sandy! 🙂

  9. Lux says

    August 12, 2015 at 4:38 am

    Enjoy your well-deserved vacation, Sandra. 🙂

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