Take one look at nature, the giver of our air, water, power and food, and you will observe, across both the macro and micro a natural pattern emerging.
A breath in, and out. Growth following recovery.
A shedding of leaves in the midst of a frost, so that energy may be conserved in anticipation of a spurt.
A sprinter taking a break, because nonstop means breakage.
Recovery and rest is required for growth.
Unfortunately this natural cycle has been mislabeled. Often talked about as chaos. Because to the human brain, raised in a society where success is measured by productivity - rest is labeled as lazy. A cardinal sin.
But rest should be permitted, if success is what is truly intentioned.
While there is nothing inherently wrong with rest and recovery, our minds are the biggest culprits in making it a suffering.
We shame ourselves for not being “tapped in, tuned in” to inspiration and motivation.
Miserable in our search for a purpose.
We wait for a permission slip to tell us to enjoy the moment, all the while swimming against a current.
I’ve been guilty of this on more counts than I can count.
The first place to start achieving this is to stop labelling rest and recovery phases as chaos, or something wrong.
If you have been through some things, if you have courageously faced big unknowns, then your body will need to restore energy, because make no mistake, you are a battery.
Sometimes rest and recovery will last a couple days, sometimes weeks, sometimes years.
They are equally proportionate to the growth potential accumulating.
The more you resist rest and recovery, the more you keep yourself in the lesson.
That wellbeing exists only in the now, your ability to generate the greens is the only productivity you should be focused on.
So rest little caterpillar.
Focus yourself upon the things that bring you joy.
Because in the cocoon you can’t see it, but within it you are emerging wings.
The less you resist the chrysalis, the faster they grow.
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