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I am tired today.\u00a0 <\/span>When I looked back over my calendar, I\u2019m a bit aghast at all I’ve been doing.\u00a0 <\/span>For two solid weeks, I was doing too much \u2013 every single day.\u00a0 <\/span>Most days in and of themselves were fairly manageable, but fourteen consecutive days of doing too much have wreaked a bit of havoc with my adrenals.\u00a0 <\/span>I need some rest and restoration.<\/p>\n I know I am not alone in this.\u00a0 <\/span>Millions of us are working too hard and sleeping too little.\u00a0 <\/span>Millions of us are trying to do more than is easily accomplished.\u00a0 <\/span>Millions of us are working, plus taking care of a family, plus maintaining and cleaning a home, plus making meals, plus any number of other time-consuming tasks.\u00a0 <\/span>This \u201cbeing tired\u201d thing is endemic in our culture.<\/p>\n Whatever happened to a Day of Rest?\u00a0 <\/span>Those of us of the Christian or Jewish persuasion used to honor the Sabbath.\u00a0 <\/span>We used to figure if the Creator could rest after six days of major creative work, we should to.\u00a0 <\/span>But somehow we have let that concept fall by the wayside.\u00a0 <\/span>I wonder why.\u00a0 <\/span>Do we think we are more capable than God of working without a break?\u00a0 <\/span>Do we believe ourselves to be superhuman?<\/p>\n I think we have forgotten the art of saying no.\u00a0 <\/span>We are taking our kids to soccer games on Sundays.\u00a0 <\/span>We are going to parties and picnics and barbecues on Sundays.\u00a0 <\/span>We are working through the weekend because our boss asked us to.\u00a0 <\/span>We are doing our shopping and our cleaning on Sundays because we can\u2019t seem to find the time to do it during the rest of the week.\u00a0 <\/span>But even those of us who are not religious are surely allowed to have a real day off once a week.\u00a0 <\/span>It doesn\u2019t have to be on a Saturday or Sunday, any day would do!<\/p>\n A whole day off.\u00a0 <\/span>Now that sounds like a holy concept to me.\u00a0 <\/span>A day in which we can stop working, stop doing, stop running around, stop using gas, just plain stop, period.\u00a0 <\/span>Mothers, too!\u00a0 <\/span>Too often in the past, families would go to church or synagogue then everyone would mosey home to rest.\u00a0 <\/span>Except, of course, the poor woman of the household.\u00a0 <\/span>She<\/i> would be expected to spend hours in the kitchen preparing a pot roast complete with mashed potatoes, vegetables, and dessert!\u00a0 <\/span>Where was her day off?!!\u00a0 <\/span>EVERYONE needs a day off.<\/p>\n A day of rest helps restore us physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.\u00a0 <\/span>We cannot function well if we are drained.\u00a0 <\/span>We cannot make good decisions if we are exhausted.\u00a0 <\/span>We have trouble being kind if we are overworked.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s allow ourselves a Day of Rest.\u00a0 <\/span>Every week.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s not just holy, it\u2019s smart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am tired today.\u00a0 When I looked back over my calendar, I\u2019m a bit aghast at all I’ve been doing.\u00a0 For two solid weeks, I was doing too much \u2013 every single day.\u00a0 Most days in and of themselves were fairly manageable, but fourteen consecutive days of doing too much have wreaked a bit of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":553,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,33,48,235,83,380,379,47,383,381,183,384,223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-day-off","category-balance","category-busyness","category-creator","category-feeling-overwhelmed","category-overscheduled","category-overwork","category-rest","category-sabbath","category-saying-no","category-slow-down","category-tired","category-work"],"yoast_head":"\n