work. play. rest.

the westminister catechism's answer to the question, "what is the chief end of man?" holds love and enjoyment as its two main tenents (response: "to love God and enjoy Him forever".) two main ideas that, in my opinion, can never be overdone. carrying this into everyday life, i am challenging myself into a triad of work, play and rest (one of my students insists this should be in alphabetical order, so for him i will type play, rest and work.) whichever order you ascribe to these, they have become necessary companions to my rhythm of life. each of them, well done, promotes the other and so on and so forth until you can't imagine life without them. work. raised with a german ancestry work ethic, i am a "leave no stone unturned" kind of person when it comes to projects who loves efficiency, multi-tasking and completeness. nothing is more satisfying to me than an honest day's work. play. not to be confused with mere leisure, i would define play as the act of being so fully present in an enjoyable activity for it's own sake that you lose track of time. (what good are toys without the ability to enjoy them?) have more fun, i say. rest. when i'm truly resting i might stare out the window or cease striving in my mind. it may include a nap, but more deeply, it is a sense of being at peace with the way things are around me; relenquishing control and abiding there. then i'm ready to work and play all over again.