What do I want to take home from my summer vacation? Time. The wonderful luxury of being at rest. The days when you shut down the mental machinery that keeps life on track and let life simply wander. The days when you stop planning, analyzing, thinking and just are. Summer is my period of grace.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Vacation is valued for the rest and freedom from mental planning, allowing life to wander naturally.
- In plain terms
- Vacation is about resting and stopping constant planning and thinking.
- What can you take from it?
- True rest means stopping mental planning and letting life wander.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When was the last time you truly stopped thinking?
- What does rest mean to you?
Another view
Some people may feel anxious without planning during rest.
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