05/01/2026
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๐๏ธ๏ธ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ.๐ฟ.๐ฒ.๐ฎ.๐.๐ต.๐ฒ.....
Relaxing can so often be bottom of the list for me
Oh, it's good to rest, I know - vital in fact.
And yet, it is not natural to me.
Now, whether that is a trauma response, addiction related, a symptom of probable ADHD, or upbringing, how I manage this, is up to me. Resting was not 'a thing' in my family and I can see it has been passed like a baton through the ages, with elements of it being a badge of honour, almost.
I have certainly revelled in this, too and if I am honest I am still a little protective of 'productivity'.
๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ......
Rest can be ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก.
A ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐บ.
๐๐ป ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐
๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต, ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ.
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ.
When I rest, I trust myself, I trust my God and I trust others.
As I develop my faith, in the quiet, in the waiting, in the peace and the storm this is where I rest, grow and trust, I find my body softens, my heart calms, my jaw releases tension, I don't grind my teeth whilst sleeping.and my mind finds equilibrium.
As an AA slogan tells me,
"๐ช๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐๐ก๐."
A soothing sentence for those experiencing addiction, or not.
One day at a time, I look to raise my faith through rest. To see results without feeling the weight of responsibilty that everything lands on me.
Tasha ๐ค๐๐ค๏ธ