I was reading something rather insightful the other day. It was about trying to adjust to the ‘new norm’ when we are not quite sure what the ‘new norm’ actually is. The new norm is rather slippery and changes even before we have begun to get our head around it. No wonder there is a sense of weariness. It's just a lot of hard work. Perceptive Tara Haelle who is a photojournalist, educator, author, and science writer penned these words.“Most of us have heard for most of our lives to expect more from ourselves in some way or another. Now we must give ourselves permission to do the opposite. We have to expect less of ourselves and we have to replenish more. We are asking ourselves ‘Where do I get my energy? What kind of down time do I need?’” Now the phrase that really smacked me across my left cheek was the bit about expecting less of ourselves. We are a driven sort of a world and we are more frantic, more competitive and more antsy than we have been for some time.What if instead of allowing our blood pressure to froth, we just poured ourselves a fragrant bubbly bath with a refreshing beverage, some chocolate and soothing music? What if that was all we expected of ourselves and that was everything on our to do list?
Wouldn’t we be more likely to treat ourselves better and each other more kindly? The Master put it this way. “Come to me all you that labour and are heaven laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly of heart and you will find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light”.