Resting your soul…sounds so heavy, right? Do you know why it sounds heavy? Because we are not used to it. Nobody has time for it. It is more like a maintenance job! Maintenance of your soul, your body. Because we all feel low sometimes, sometimes it’s okay to be not okay. It’s essential to rest your soul for a while, not think about the things going around, be calm, giving yourself a break, be okay about things even when they are not going right for you. We do work so hard all the time; we all worry because life is not always the way we want it. Things are not always in our favor, but we still keep putting in the effort hoping that they will be alright. We try hard to be consistent towards those things, which is correct; we should! But, when we know it’s been too long, we’ve struggled for a longer period now without any breaks, when not just your mind becomes restless but your heart too! You need to give yourself a break; you need to breathe, you need to let go of that worrying, just breath nothing else! It’s like doing oiling of the engines, cleaning our homes on festivals; how we feel the need to clean a utensil to get that brand new feel when we are cooking something special, the same way our soul needs to breathe too. We need to take care of our soul by resting it for a while. You can’t go on for a life like that; it will be meaningless if you forget to breathe while being alive! In this particular period, you don’t have to be really productive or working on yourself. Making yourself better in any way, learning something new, do something different, think something different, or clear your thoughts, NO! You need to breathe, that’s all! The rest of the things will automatically follow. It’s that simple, yet a lot difficult at the same time. Now you’ll be thinking again that what does it has to do with the relationship? It’s all connected, it all starts with us, it all ends with us, the whole journey of life is about rediscovery! So, even when we are in a relationship, we all do hell lots of things to be consistent, make it work, and keep that spark alive, sometimes to stay in love. We keep doing it all till the end, and there’s nothing wrong with it; as I said, BEING IN LOVE IS LIKE BREATHING; TILL YOU WANT TO BE ALIVE, YOU NEED TO BREATHE!

I know you all must be thinking then how do we suppose to rest our soul while being in the relationship without taking a break?? You can do this by not getting mad at them when sometimes they fail to be consistent; when they ask for reassurance. By understanding them a little more, not expecting them to be whole all the time! It’s okay if sometimes they are not at their best if they want to take a day just for them, maybe a trip for them. Yeah, communication is the key, but you know what, sometimes it’s better to understand what’s not being said. Sometimes it’s better not to talk about anything, just being there laying beside each other quietly! It’s all okay! That’s how we rest our soul! It takes courage to be able to rest your soul. People think resting is a waste of time; it’s not productive at all. Only a few understand the power of it!

Have you ever heard how power naps make you more alert, more productive, reduces stress, improves patience, improves reaction time, increase learning capacity, make you more efficient! How important it is to rest your muscle after a workout for muscle growth! How lots of electronic things start working with just an unplug and plug a normal reboot. How a trip outside your routine refreshes you, your thoughts, and your mood, sometimes your perception too! You are supposed to rest your cell phone while charging; otherwise, it will cause overheating, the battery can explode, and so on. The same applies to your body, your mind, your soul! If you don’t allow your soul to rest in a while, you might explode with a hell of emotions that will drive you crazy! Even proper resting is a skill; it can be your strength if you know when to give yourself a rest.

People think busy is cool, I think calmness is cool, proper rest is cool, peace is cool! We work too hard for the things that, in reality, we never even get to enjoy. Like you have worked hard to get that guitar for yourself or that music system in your house. But you are so busy working that you never really get to enjoy that music system or get your hands on that guitar! Nobody can see or measure how calm or restless you are with the stuff you are doing, how satisfied or dissatisfied you are with it, only you can! Ensure that you are doing the things that only you can do for yourself; one of them is resting your soul cause nobody else can do that for you! We all go crazy about the speed. Have you ever felt the power of stillness? Do a plank, hold a pose, observe something continuously, listen to that slow beat, try to see those micro balancing things around, the stillness of trees and rocks. You will know how much more strength it takes! Let that simplicity breathe in sometimes! Love yourself, Rest your soul!

“Sometimes, our stop-doing list needs to be bigger than our to-do list. -PATTI DIGH

What this blog concludes:

  1. We all feel low sometimes. Sometimes it’s okay to be not okay.
  2. It’s essential to rest your soul, not think about the things going around, be calm, give yourself a break, be okay about things even when they are not going right for you.
  3. It will be meaningless if you forget to breathe while being alive!
  4. We need to take care of our soul by resting it for a while. The rest of the things will automatically follow.
  5. BEING IN LOVE IS LIKE BREATHING; TILL YOU WANT TO BE ALIVE, YOU NEED TO BREATHE!
  6. Don’t get mad at them if sometimes they fail to be consistent; when they need reassurance.
  7. If you don’t allow your soul to rest in a while, you might explode with a hell of emotions that will drive you crazy!
  8. We work too hard for the things that, in reality, we never even get to enjoy
  9. Ensure that you are doing the things that only you can do for yourself; one of them is resting your soul cause nobody else can do that for you!
  10. Let that simplicity breathe in sometimes! Love yourself, Rest your soul!.