WEEK 49: Winter Break Week 1

You don’t need to earn rest.

When time opens up,

it’s normal if your body lags behind.

The calendar clears,

but the mind keeps checking its pockets.

You have space,

but you don’t quite trust it yet.

Rest isn’t something you optimize.

It’s a return to life.

Coffee with an old friend.

A walk led by your dogs' joy.

Pick-up games until no one’s keeping score.

A nap taken without apology.

If you can’t make it all the way,

let that be fine.

Half-measures count.

This isn’t performed.

It’s practiced until it settles in the body.

These easy stretches are when

deep rest does its quiet work,

if you let it.

Nothing to force.

Nothing to prove.

Let the season hold you.