How's your rest ethic?

Language reveals a lot about culture.

Our Western worldview places high value on a person’s willingness to work long and hard.

Children get praise for it in their studies and adults get promotions for it in their careers.

It’s the virtue we call work ethic.

Interestingly, we don’t have similar language that honors someone’s commitment to rest.

Healthy balance is often mislabeled as “lazy” or “unmotivated”.

So we choose lack of sleep, lack of exercise, and lack of family time to keep up with the pace of progress.

Instead of being ashamed of rest, it can be respected.

It takes more discipline to stroll than to strive, to pause than to proceed, to clear than to clutter.

Do you have the courage to strengthen your rest ethic?