R E S T
‘Rest is defined as : leisure, ease, inactivity, relaxation, repose,
respite, time off, breathing-space, interval, vacation, etc.
It is necessary not only for human beings, animals and birds but
also for tools, instruments, machines, engines, technical gadgets, etc.
Denial of rest causes fatigue, illness, disorder, restlessness,
stoppage, breakage, dissolution, etc.
Unused objects get rusted; they shine in use; but become
unsafe if over-used without rest and relaxation.
Greek philosopher and historian (Born 1st Century
CE) said: Rest is the sweet sauce of labour.”
According to the English divine F.W.Robertson (1816-53): True rest is not that
of torpor, but that of harmony; it is not refusing the struggle, but conquering
in it; not resting from duty, but finding rest in it.
Scottish
novelist George Macdonald (1824-1905) has this to say: “Certainly work is not
always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness----the
cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.”
Finally, look at the following lines from the poem Leisure written by the Welsh poet W.H.Davies (1871-1940):
“What is this life if,
full of care,
We have no time to stand and
stare……
No time to see, in broad
daylight,
Streams full of stars,
like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty’s
glance,
And watch her feet, how
they can dance.
Davies ends his poem with
the following lines:
“A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
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G.R.kanwal
18 September 2024
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