Webster’s Dictionary defines REST as:
1 : repose, sleep; specifically : a bodily state characterized by minimal functional and metabolic activities 2 a : freedom from activity or labor b : a state of motionlessness or inactivity 3 : a place for resting or lodging 4 : peace of mind or spirit Over the past couple of weeks I have been hearing from many people how I should REST. I’ve been sick for the past two weeks (and honestly I’m so over being sick) and I’ve been trying to get more rest but it’s hard for a mom/wife/woman to rest, I think. But when I look at this picture all I think of is rest and relaxation. And then I read the words that are superimposed onto the picture and I realize that “Yes, I am important”.
When I started this year off I set goals for myself. One of those goals was to “not take a day off from exercise till I had lost 20 pounds”. I know how important consistent exercise is for me to reach my weight loss goals. Even if I just take a walk around the apartment complex I live in and count that as my exercise for the day, I wanted to be moving every day. For the first week of the month I was consistent and exercised every morning. Then I got the sinus infection from he** and it has knocked me on my butt! I’ve been lucky to get 5,000 steps a day and some days I haven’t even come close to that 5K minimum and I haven’t exercised at all in the past two weeks! I’m trying hard to REST and let my body heal but I don’t do well with definition number 2b! I’m trying, really I am; but resting just isn’t in my genes.
Then as I was looking for pictures for this post I came across this picture in our files and I realized that “I am important” and if I need rest to recover and heal then that is what I should do for now. Time will come for me to exercise consistently and hard, but now it is important for me to relax and rest.
Are you listening to your body? Are you realizing that you are important? Take a few minutes today and rest, your body will thank you for it!
xoxoxo,
Ann
Source: Webster’s Online Dictionary