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I should breathe more often A lot of blog posts (and indeed mine) are often about how busy life is and how we can cope with this busyness. Do you feel that If you don’t live life in the fast lane then society considers you as less productive, less successful? It’s fashionable to roll our eyes and dash off after dropping the school kids and exclaim – got to run, so much to do! One of the reasons we moved to the middle of a field in Lincolnshire was to get away from the hustle and bustle of the South, only to find ourselves stepping onto another hamster wheel of engagements, responsibilities, deadlines etc. Now, I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with being busy. In fact, I believe work is a blessing from God and I’ve come to the conclusion that I rather like being busy but I do need to take a minute now and again to breathe. The children were asked to record their feelings Last week I took my year six class into the school grounds and asked the...

I should yield with willing submission, but resisting rest seems to be my default mode most days as the drive to 'do' so often overtakes the desire to draw back and simply 'be'.  Periods of extra busyness leave me flat-out with fatigue, yet some part of me still refuses to heed the signs. I ride the rush of adrenaline, feeling wired as a coiled up spring. So I keep on keeping on, persuading myself that this time I will ride the waves without them crashing me to the ocean floor. Foolish? You bet.  Those things we long to press on with can instead become a steamroller flattening us to ground.  It makes me wonder:  Are we so desirous of being busy, connected and 'out there' that fear of missing out persuades us to be unwise? I know I am, more often than is helpful. When I do yield to rest, I sense God sighing with relief as I finally listen to Him. God won't force us to slow down; He urges us to yield to His ways and picks us up when we fall. A...