Burnt from too much work and too many activities over the last several months, I have come to realize the great need for quiet and rest. Too much importance is given to work and too little to rest.
I have embraced the restoring spirit of Sabbath in our lives. A day to withdraw from all outwardly activities and turn the mind and attention inwards and homewards. A day for rest, quiet reflection and for noble aspirations towards a simple, moral and intellectual life.
In his article titled Sabbath for the NY Times, Dr Oliver Sacks captures the spirit of Sabbath, its "utter peacefulness and remoteness from worldly concerns", "of a stopped world, a time outside time". Sabbath is about "achieving a sense of peace within oneself. Sabbath, the day of rest, .. when one can feel that one’s work is done, and one may, in good conscience, rest."
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. - Ovid
Rest belongs to the work as eyelids to the eyes. - Tagore
I have embraced the restoring spirit of Sabbath in our lives. A day to withdraw from all outwardly activities and turn the mind and attention inwards and homewards. A day for rest, quiet reflection and for noble aspirations towards a simple, moral and intellectual life.
In his article titled Sabbath for the NY Times, Dr Oliver Sacks captures the spirit of Sabbath, its "utter peacefulness and remoteness from worldly concerns", "of a stopped world, a time outside time". Sabbath is about "achieving a sense of peace within oneself. Sabbath, the day of rest, .. when one can feel that one’s work is done, and one may, in good conscience, rest."
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. - Ovid
Rest belongs to the work as eyelids to the eyes. - Tagore
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