There are times when you are given the freedom to just sit. Often times it is not necessarily something that you want to do, because of things that need to get done or other things that seem more inviting. Take into consideration, however, how often you allow yourself the time to let your mind wander or even allow it to mindlessly notice the shapes of the clouds or the sound of the wind in the trees. I find that I can sit and listen or watch people go about their days for hours and leave those moments feeling less stressed, more content, happier…you name it.
Human beings often times get so caught up in our lives that we don’t give our bodies time to rejuvenate. I’m not talking a good 8 hours of sleep or a twenty-minute afternoon nap every so often. While that is good, I feel that we were created to spend time in thought. It is hard for me to write things I am passionate about without bringing in my religious beliefs and how that correlates. I feel, personally, that your view of religion and of God can have such an important role when taking our lives into consideration. All that to say that I feel obligated to add another point about “quiet time”, which, in turn, illuminates what I believe.
Human beings often times get so caught up in our lives that we don’t give our bodies time to rejuvenate. I’m not talking a good 8 hours of sleep or a twenty-minute afternoon nap every so often. While that is good, I feel that we were created to spend time in thought. It is hard for me to write things I am passionate about without bringing in my religious beliefs and how that correlates. I feel, personally, that your view of religion and of God can have such an important role when taking our lives into consideration. All that to say that I feel obligated to add another point about “quiet time”, which, in turn, illuminates what I believe.
This time that we, as humans, crave seems to be quite persistent. I firmly believe that God created us with the need for that time, because we need that time to worship him. He calls us to worship him and when placed in a serene place with no one else, our mind becomes relaxed and cleansed, simply because we are not distracted by life. Either that, or we have a place to consider the distractions of life and how to, then, deal with them.
If any of that makes sense, then I am incandescently overjoyed. But, to sum it up, I feel like human beings need that time of sitting and pondering because we were created to need that. Primarily, we need that to focus on God but he gives us that time to simply relax and clean out our minds. That’s the only way I can explain why everyone at one time or another, or on multiple occasions takes time to get away, even if they are not believers. We, as human beings, are programmed to need that time to just sit and be.
If any of that makes sense, then I am incandescently overjoyed. But, to sum it up, I feel like human beings need that time of sitting and pondering because we were created to need that. Primarily, we need that to focus on God but he gives us that time to simply relax and clean out our minds. That’s the only way I can explain why everyone at one time or another, or on multiple occasions takes time to get away, even if they are not believers. We, as human beings, are programmed to need that time to just sit and be.
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