18/09/2025
Rest and Renewal
Don’t confuse rest
with giving up.
To pause, to breathe,
to set down the weight
for a moment,
these are acts of care,
not signs of weakness.
In the quiet,
in the stillness,
you gather strength
you may have thought lost,
like sunlight hidden behind clouds,
or roots growing quietly underground,
waiting to break through.
Rest is not surrender;
it is preparation,
it is patience,
it is a gentle promise
of renewal.
It is the gentle gathering of fragments,
the mending of frayed edges,
the quiet knowing that like seeds beneath the soil,
you are preparing to bloom once more.
~ 'Rest and Renewal' by Spirit of a Hippie
✍️ Mary Anne Byrne
~ Art by Michelle Johnson Illustration
