Disruptive Rest

Yesterday I was working into the evening, and my daughter told me I was in the grind. 

That is the opposite of what I want to be. 

It is the opposite of what I want to model for my daughter. 

And also, I don’t think resting and disrupting for good should be at odds. Which means that the way I am working—trying to cram in a too-long list of to-dos, picking up slack  and being mad about it—isn’t aligning with my values and with who I want to be.

So today I’m thinking about rest as resistance. Disruptive rest. And our tour guide for this work is the leader of the Nap Ministry, Nap Bishop Tricia Hersey.

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