“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” [Mohandas Gandhi]
“I don’t know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest awhile.” [Max Forrester Eastman]
“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.” [Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes]
“Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.” [“Pooh’s Little Instruction Book”]
“To sleep is an act of faith.” [Barbara G. Harrison]
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under a tree on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water; or watching the cloud float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” [J. Lubbock]
While sitting in my daughter’s home, looking out her living room window at the lake surrounded by trees adorned in their autumn colors, I noticed a small book on her coffee table. It confirmed what I have long believed—that naps are a gift of grace, too seldom received with gratitude and embraced without guilt. Demonstrating this truth in our skeptical world is, I believe, a witness to the existence and mercy of God.
Source: Cat Naps: The Key to Contentment (Portland, ME; Ronnie Sellers Productions) p. 8, 13, 45, 87, 88, 102.
