Feel like you have too much on your plate? Try taking an "awe break." Sounds interesting, doesn't it? Gunilla Norris, a contributing author to "Weavings" has this to say:
"Many of us are juggling so many things that we are run by our lives rather than living them as gifts from God. What if we could learn to stop for a moment many times a day? What if in those moments we could decide to notice the sheer miracle of being alive? We would then be taking awe breaks instead of coffee breaks."
A couple of weeks ago I began a clinical rotation at a nearby hospital. It's your standard 5 days/wk, 9 to 5 gig. Add in travel time, dinner preparation, a little bit of studying and a little bit of down time and you have the recipe commonly known as, "your typical work day."
Before starting my day, I try to take time to reflect on life and say a prayer of thanksgiving for each new day. Then I jump in car for work, and soon enough,the day has slipped away from me. What if I could "learn to stop for a moment MANY times a day" (not just once or twice) , wherever I am, whatever I'm doing, and I take that a few seconds to thank God for his many blessings.
Love. Health. Family. Friends. Education. Laughter. Food. Clean Water. Shelter. . . etc.
I don't think I'll be giving up my coffee breaks, but tomorrow I am going to try getting ENERGIZED through taking an "awe break." Won't you take a MOMENTary awe break with me?
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