Knowing when to take a break
The passage we are contemplating for the next week is Genesis chapter 28, verses 10 to 17.
A scripture passage can act as art in that, through it, it can help us interpret our lives.
The first verse reads,
“Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. He came to a certain place and stayed there for the night because the sun had set.”
I have become more aware, given that I have more tasks than time, of when to take a break. As I work, I am mindful that after 4 hours I should take a break. It is as if in my interior world I am like Jacob walking in a landscape. Like Jacob, I am looking for that certain place where I too will rest. Maybe not because the sun had set but simply because here I will rest.
I do stop probably every hour to make a drink or go to the loo sometimes to simply throw water on my face. This break I am thinking of is my lunch break.
I usually take a walk to the Railway Cafe. I order some tea and a vegan sausage roll. Once I have eaten, I may write; I may snooze. It doesn't matter what as long as I am allowing myself to be refreshed and restored.
I then return, alert to what next is to be done. I walk further in my landscape until the time comes to look out for another place to rest as I call it a day.
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