“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…
“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)
“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
We are going to get going for a few days… seriously.
In the stillness,
Sandy
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Haha, I’m sure that comes from a place of love 😉
Ha!
I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing and refreshing getaway!
It’s just a few days away, Elizabeth, but they’re away… 🙂
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!
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…
May your time away be one of refreshment, renewal, rest, and restoration. Have a wonderful time, my beautiful friend. xoxox
Love you big, Pat. xo
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!
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.
Have a wonderful time, Sandra! So glad you get to go and relax. 🙂 Blessings to you.
May you have a refreshing time away! Thanks for hosting & God bless!
Have fun, Sandy! 🙂
Enjoy your well-deserved vacation, Sandra. 🙂