Day 261 - A Year to Clear - Depressed or Deep Rest?
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Lesson 261: Depressed or Deep Rest?
“One day a client oozed into my office, slumped into a chair, and said she was depressed—only she said it so slowly that I thought she said “deep rest.” In a way, this was accurate. Depression can be part of a general shutdown, meant to turn us toward healing. A tired body, a tired mind, a tired heart can’t—and shouldn’t—be passionate about anything but rest. So if you’re exhausted, care for yourself.”
Today we are to take notice of something dragging us down and being aware of your own resistance. By acknowledging it, it starts to begin to release and then leads you towards rest within your being.
I can’t really think of something that was dragging me down today. I went to work and that was busy and fine, I then went to a meeting for my business logo and then I came home. Nothing really dragged me down and made me depressed. I think the only thing that has been on my mind lately is how to find time because I don’t seem to have enough of it. Everything in my life is going smoothly at the moment. Like I had a depressive state for a month or so, but I got myself out of it. I think the best thing I did for myself was being aware of it and taking steps to deal with it. I didn’t necessarily rest as this lesson suggests, but more so face what was causing my depression. This weekend I have a public holiday which means a longer weekend for me, so I intend to do not much on the Friday to rest a bit. Sometimes doing nothing is what’s needed to reset.
Are you resisting rest and allowing something to drag you down? Can you release it?