Refreshment

Sometimes you gain a new insight in a new place.

Sometimes it is when you reread a book.

Sometimes it is just because you slow down.

Refreshment comes when we give ourselves permission to renew.

We become aware that it is OK to take a break.

We give ourselves permission to look around, and to look at new things.

A new setting provides a different place for reflection.

We can feel ideas coming at us from new directions.

Placing ourselves in a different relationship to authority is refreshing.

Sometimes it is OK for other people to do those things we have always done.

Even when we steal away for a few hours to do something different in a very busy day, we are giving ourselves time for refreshment.

Our productivity goes up when we come back.

We have found the new solution.

We have an idea for reorganization.

Doing our work has its own rhythm, its own qualities, its own rewards.

Refreshment strengthens those rhythms, brightens our qualities, and rewards us with an enlightened perspective.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.Inspired Practices.com