A Day to Recharge
In my last post I suggested breaking free of all of our digital communication and work tools and simply taking a brake to breathe, think, and recharge our minds and spirits. If you’ve tried it, you know what I’m talking about. It feels liberating and rejuvenating.
Now, can you imagine feeling that for an entire day? It sounds difficult, nearly impossible, and utterly unrealistic. Well, it’s not. Actually, people have been doing just that for thousands of years. It’s called the Sabbath. Most major religions have a Sabbath day on which you refrain from going about your normal work routine and instead, focus solely on spirituality and personal and family relationships. Judaism prohibits the use of all electronic devices on the Sabbath. Yes, that includes phones, computers, Ipods, Blackberrys, and any other hitech gadget you feel you can’t live without.
The Sabbath gives us the opportunity to break away from the gadgets that bind us and voraciously suck our energy leaving us physically and mentally drained, and recharge and rejuvenate. Instead of looking at digital screens and listening to distant voices, we can focus on seeing the beauty of nature and listening to the voices of our loved ones standing right before us.
The Sabbath is a gift, a weekly opportunity to be reborn. Give it a try.
Tags: rejuvenation, sabbath
Uncategorized | admin March 7, 2010
