Learn to Rest
We all need short vacations
in life's fast and maddening race
An interlude of quietness from
the constant jet-age pace,
So when your day is pressure-packed
and your hours are all too few,
Just close your eyes and meditate
and let God talk to you.
For when we keep on pushing,
we're not following in God's way
We are foolish, selfish robots
mechanized to fill each day
With unimportant trivia that
makes life more complex
And gives us greater problems to irritate and vex.
So when your nervous network
becomes a tangled mess,
Just close your eyes in silent prayer
and ask the Lord to bless
Each thought that you are thinking,
each decision you must make,
As well as every word you speak
and every step you take
For only by the grace of God
can you gain self-control,
And only meditative thoughts
can restore your peace and soul.
Hellen Steiner Rice
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