Monday, 14 July 2008

• Simplicity! Simplicity! Simplicity!

  I long to simplify my life. Our culture busies us too much. We are constantly bombarded with advertisements. No one is hesitant to attack all of our senses.

  It seems no matter how much I cut out of my life, it's a constant struggle to stay above the surface. We're drowning in information all the time. So much so that it can be difficult to hear one's own thoughts.

  That is why I am always thirsty for nature. I understand the Romantics' belief in the power of restoration inherent in the natural world. God's created beauty helps to calm me. I'm glad that tomorrow is supposed to be sunny. I hope that God's grace is evident in that way tomorrow.

  

  Sabbath: It's very hard. That's why it's a commandment, I think. If people naturally acknowledged their limits, if people knew when to quit, when to take a break, and how to rest, God wouldn't have needed to say it. I've been learning to do it better, but I still have a long way to go. Honestly, it's easier for me at college than it is at home. I think it's because being home encourages me to fall into old routines of busy-ness.

  Tomorrow--should the aforementioned grace permit--I am going to fly a kite in a grassy field in order to remind myself to rest, to Sabbath. What are some of the ways that you use to break away from the busy?

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