A Lesson on Rest
France Archange
(TO BE USED WISELY IF TIRED OR WOUNDED OR LIVING A BUSY LIFE)
When one of his mules was wounded, my grandfather would take charcoal from a fire and put it on the wound. Then he would put the mule away by itself so it could heal and not be exposed to the elements or hard work. None of his workers could use it to carry any load. After some time without carrying any load and being put away by itself, the wound would heal… it’s okay to go away for a while.
The short prose piece above was written by France Archange, one of my former students (and current writing buddy)—now a college graduate on her way to medical school. Her “Lesson on Rest” is an appropriate way to “announce” my two-week blog break. I meet all the criteria for rest: I’m tired, a little wounded, and living a busy writing life. I think this piece can be found in her book, Unraveling. You can find more of France’s work on Instagram: @theunraveledsociety. Speaking of Instagram, I’ll still be posting “musings from my younger self,” so if you miss me, you can visit me there. 😉 Otherwise, I’ll see you in two weeks!
About the Image: The pic is from Harvest Square Preserve. It is a variation of the photo I chose for the Week 28: Silhouette prompt for 52Frames.
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Rest well. I don’t know your life, but I know you’ve earned it.
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Hi Chandra,
You have such a good understanding of your needs and listen to them. Thanks for including the prose poem too.
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A rest well earned my friend…🤗
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A lovely piece, thank you for sharing it, rest well.
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Terrific reminder. 🙂 Doing the happy dance for you. Enjoy! 🙂 xoxo
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Thank you for sharing!!.. sometimes we need to stop the world, get off and reboot!.. 🙂
Hope your life’s path is paved with love and happiness, you and your family have the mostest wonderfulest holiday and Christmas ever and until we meet again..
May the love that you give
Always return to you,
That family and friends are many
And always remain true,
May your mind only know peace
No suffering or strife,
May your heart only know love and happiness
On your journey through life.
(Larry “Dutch” Woller)
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This is timely. I hope you’re having a restful break ❤ As you know, I'm reading Hersey's Rest is Resistance, and I think you'd enjoy it, too.
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