Ikigai Thought for Today: An Artful Rest
Thoughts on an endlessly rainy day
Audio narration by David Marlow
Yesterday it rained…
All
day
long.
None of the many outdoor things I planned to do would get done.
I couldn’t even run because the rain was too intense, mixed with thunder and lightning.
Many good things are happening right now. My new book, The Ikigai Way coming out soon being only one, though a big one.
Between the good things and the stuff that needs to be done, I’m mentally exhausted. I know I need a rest and yet I feel this urge to be doing something.
I’m not sure why we feel like we need to be productive all the time.
“Make good use of your time.”
Sometimes, we need to let go and simply rest. Enjoy some quiet time without any demands.
Once in a while, if we’re lucky, nature gives us no other choice.
That was yesterday.
It was glorious.
Quest well.
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I love rainy days.
God provides the gift of silence for a reason. We quest well when we listen to our inner soul and the Divine nature we were created with. Yes even with "the wise guys" like Socrates conveyed this focus on self-reflection and inner perspectives with external queues in nature like days of rain! I know a bit long but conveys the message >
Socrates’s metaphysical insights may, at first glance, seem abstract and impractical, but it has a profound impact on the way the self is understood. For Socrates, our bodies belong to the physical realm: They change, they’re imperfect, they die. Our souls, however, belong to the ideal realm: They are unchanging and immortal, surviving the death of the body. And although a close relationship exists between our souls and our bodies, they are radically different entities. Our souls strive for wisdom and perfection, and reason is the soul’s tool to achieve this exalted state. But as long as the soul is tied to the body, this quest for wisdom is inhibited by the imperfection of the physical realm, as the soul is “dragged by the body into the region of the changeable,” where it “wanders and is confused” in a world that “spins round her, and she is like a drunkard.” But reason is a powerful tool, enabling the soul to free itself from the corrupting imperfection of the physical realm and achieve “communion with the unchanging.” So- let us utilize reason and altruistic inclinations to the wisdom of the ages as we appreciate nature's breaks for us to indeed....dream and be truly fulfilled!