After my very busy, and very rewarding month, it’s time to rest, relax, and rejuvenate.
Maybe you’re feeling the same way. It’s all too easy to keep busy, rushing from one project or event to the next. It’s all too easy to feel guilty for craving some down time.
But we shouldn’t feel guilty for taking time off from our productive lives. In fact, the wise among us have learned the value of rest and relaxation. So while I’m off relaxing, I’ve put together a few pretty photos to encourage you.
I hope these quotes inspire you to relax, slow down, and renew your souls.
“Your calm mind is the ultimate weapon against your challenges. So relax.” ~ Bryant McGill
“Savor life: don’t just breathe it in; exhale the moment to intake the next.” K C Rhoads
“When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing–just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the sine blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pong, a flickering candle of children playing in the park?” ~ Ralph Marston
“Most of the things we need to be most fully alive never come in busyness. They grow in rest.” ~ Mark Buchanan
“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” Chinese proverb
“Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life–learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.” ~ Robert Fulgham
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.” ~ Thomas Merton
“Sometimes it’s important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it’s essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down the rainbow.” ~ Douglas Pagels
“Take the next 24 hours and just relax with the knowing that everything is okay. Let go of the stress and worry for one day and see what happens.” ~ Mike Basevic
“The man who doesn’t relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on hie head for the edification of the pathologists and trained nurse a little later on.” Elbert Hubbard
Thanks, Lisa… I needed that! Love the great quotes!