Sunday Dinner:… at Relative Rest…

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“Stone and sea are deep in life
Two unalterable symbols of the world
Permanence at rest
And permanence in motion
Participants in the power that remains”

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Stephen R. Donaldson

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“Newton’s work on gravity

led to the discovery of the Lagrange point,

a place where opposing forces

cancel one another out,

and a body may remain at relative rest.

This is where I am right now;

the forces in my life confound one another.

Better, for the moment, to be here and now,

without history or future.”

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Nick Harkaway

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“You rest now.

Rest for longer than you are used to resting.

Make a stillness around you, a field of peace.

Your best work, the best time of your life

will grow out of this peace.”

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Peter Heller

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“Each wave that rolls onto the shore

must release back to the ocean.

You are the same.

Each wave of action you take

must release back to the peace within you.

Stress is what happens

when you resist this natural process.

Everyone needs breaks.

Denying this necessity does not remove it.

Let yourself go. Realize that, sometimes,

the best thing to do is absolutely nothing.”

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Vironika Tugaleva

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Photos by Woodland Gnome

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“True restfulness, though, is a form of awareness,

a way of being in life.

It is living ordinary life with a sense of ease, gratitude,

appreciation, peace and prayer.

We are restful when ordinary life is enough.”

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Ronald Rolheiser

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