"A change is as good as a rest." Winston Churchill, (1874–1965), British statesman; prime minister 1940–45 and 1951–55, said this when he did other work instead of resting.
"And how many years were you burning the candle at both ends and calling for more wax?" Timothy Kavanagh, a charater in Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon
A Poem - "For a New Beginning by John O'Donohue
In out-of-the-way places of the heart,
Where your thoughts never think to wander,
This beginning has been quietly forming,
Waiting until you were ready to emerge.
For a long time it has watched your desire,
Feeling the emptiness growing inside you,
Noticing how you willed yourself on,
Still unable to leave what you had outgrown.
I watched you play with the seduction of safety
And the gray promises that sameness whispered,
Heard the waves of turmoil rise and relent,
Wondered would you always live like this.
Then the delight, when your courage kindled,
And out you stepped onto new ground,
Your eyes young again with energy and dream,
A path of plenitude opening before you.
Though your destination is not yet clear
You can trust the promise of this opening;
Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning
That is at one with your life's desire.
Awaken your spirit to adventure;
Hold nothing back, learn to find ease in risk;
Soon you will be home in a new rhythm,
For your soul senses the world that awaits you. " John O'Donohue (1 January 1956 – 4 January 2008) was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. This poem is from To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O'Donohue
"Inwardly we are being renewed day by day." II Corinthians 4:16
"Now is the time for turning. The leaves are beginning to turn from green to red to orange. The birds are beginning to turn and are heading once more toward the south. The animals are beginning to turn to storing their food for the winter. For leaves, birds and animals, turning comes instinctively. But for us, turning does not come so easily. It takes an act of will for us to make a turn. It means breaking old habits. It means admitting that we have been wrong, and this is never easy. It means losing face. It means starting all over again. And this is always painful. It means saying I am sorry. It means recognizing that we have the ability to change. These things are terribly hard to do. But unless we turn, we will be trapped forever in yesterday's ways. Lord help us to turn, from callousness to sensitivity, from hostility to love, from pettiness to purpose, from envy to contentement, from carelessness to discipline, from fear to faith. Turn us around, O Lord, and bring us back toward You. Revive our lives as at the beginning, and turn us toward each other, Lord, for in isolation there is no life." A prayer by Rabbi Jack Riemer
"Sometimes I think I'd like to fling it all away and go somewhere warm and tropical and wear a sarong! I would like to live in my body for awhile instead of in my head!" Cynthia Coopersmith, a character in A Light in the Window, a book in The Mitford Series by Jan Karon<"There have to be rest stops in music. There must be winter for the roots of a plant to dig down and grow strong for spring." Cyntha Kavanagh, a character in Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good by Jan Karon
"When you cease to fear your solitude, a new creativity awakens in you. Your forgotten or neglected wealth begins to reveal itself. You come home to yourself and learn to rest within. Thoughts are our inner senses. Infused with silence and solitude, they bring out the mystery of inner landscape." John O'Donohue (1 January 1956 – 4 January 2008) was an Irish poet, author, priest, and Hegelian philosopher. This poem is from To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O'Donohue
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." C.S. Lewis - Clive Staples Lewis FBA (Fellowship of the British Academy) (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalene College, Cambridge (1954–1963). He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia.
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