Objective:
Integrate new self-awareness.
Quote of the week:
We are always doing something, talking, reading, listening to the radio, planning what next. The mind is kept busy on some easy, unimportant external thing all day.
Brenda Ueland
Verse of the week:
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Romans 12:2
Reflection
For this week, I am going to share a reflection instead of lessons learned. I have been so busy (prioritizing other stuff) that I completely forgot about this challenge.
I did a reading deprivation (sort of) and I can say it was very difficult because it took the spice of my life. I quit reading fiction and nonfiction books for a week.
I found myself constantly craving to read- to escape from reality, to do something worthwhile with my time.
Through this I have realized that I don’t know how to just be. I don’t know how to just stop and observe and relax. I need something to constantly entertain me and I need a new stack of knowledge everyday.
This is not necessarily a bad thing, however depending so much on this is not healthy.
Because I need to live my own life- not live through the lens of someone else (e.g. reading novels to escape reality.)
Lessons in life are not only found in books but rather the best lesson are experienced.
It’s not a pleasant realization but one I need to accept.
I can’t live life in safety because at one poin in time I have to plunge into this wonderful gift of life and get myself dirty.
Not dirty as in sin but the dirt which means facing the reality of life – the challenges, the sorrow, the joy, the peace that all comes with it.
There are times we need to get dirty but we are assured there will be moments we can rest in the peaceful water.
Life With Rachel 