I don’t blog on Sundays.<\/p>\n
I even try not to open my laptop on Sundays, unless it is to watch a movie. No email, no web surfing. I take a break from technology. I don’t do it perfectly, believe me, but I really commit to the practice and work it to the best of my ability.<\/p>\n
A few years ago I was introduced to the notion of a taking a Sabbath day and I began to integrate the idea into my life. One day of the week where I do no work.<\/p>\n
No work! That means if you’re a gardener you don’t garden. If you’re a writer you don’t write. It’s a day of rest, a day to rejuvenate<\/span> your spirit. A day to enjoy your life without the burden of do-ing<\/span>.<\/p>\n Yesterday was a wonderful Sabbath day for me. Not completely restful but absolutely uplifting. I attended a spiritual service in the morning and a post-wedding tea in the afternoon. I went to hear John Irving read\/speak at the International Festival of Authors and then I attended my friend Evalyn Parry’s workshop performance<\/a> of her new show Spin at the Hysteria Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n I was alone and I was with good friends. I was quiet at times and laughing my head off at others. I didn’t need to check my email. I didn’t need to be on line, staring at the screen, checking, checking, checking for what? It took me a while to learn that the world wasn’t going to stop if I didn’t turn on my computer.<\/p>\n It’s a new day today. It’s Monday. I’m on-line and I have a full morning of business. But I am spiritually prepared for the day and for the week because I took a Sabbath day yesterday. I highly recommend the practice.<\/p>\n Inspiring Message of the Day: Taking one day a week to let go of work, of do-ing, of checking email and being plugged in, is a form of deep self-care. It allows us to recharge our spiritual batteries and see the world anew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don’t blog on Sundays. I even try not to open my laptop on Sundays, unless it is to watch a movie. No email, no web surfing. I take a break from technology. I don’t do it perfectly, believe me, but I really commit to the practice and work it to the best of my…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration","category-motivation","category-sabbath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celiamcbride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}