Holidays

Having just returned from a break of nearly a month, I feel so blessed to have been able to have such an awesome holiday. So many people never experience this sort of break and trudge on through life without the restorative and perspective altering experience a holiday can provide. Just being able to have some solid time with my kids as they grow into adults and uninterrupted time with my wife seems so simple and yet so profound. I love that holidays give you time to think, to ponder, to evaluate what you're doing in life. It helps you sort out the real from the rubbish and to better understand why you're doing what you're doing rather than running blindly forward, knowing you should be doing something but never really evaluating the significance or importance that the something you're doing is.
my definition of a holiday is being able to choose what to do and when to do it...if you like.. "to be able to do something and choosing not to!" or alternatively finding something new and having the time to explore it. I find it interesting that God rested when doing the work of creation and that the Bible talks about rest and the restoration that comes with it. I know we can't live there but it's great to visit whether for a month or a moment.
I hope for you that you find time to have a holiday, unwind to look at life and explore and well... do nothing for a while if that's your choice. who knows what it may be the beginning of.
Have a great day. Richard.