You ever notice how ants always seem busy? But did you know they also sleep up to seven hours a day? They work when it’s time to work and rest when it’s time to rest! What a novel idea!
“Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.” (Proverbs 6:6-11)
We all have to fight the urge to be lazy sometimes, but there’s a big difference between being lazy and resting. There’s a time for rest and a reason for rest. Resting at the proper time will make you more productive at the proper time.
The enjoyment of leisure
would be nothing if we had only leisure. It is the satisfaction of work well
done that enables us to enjoy rest, just as it is the experiences of hunger and
thirst that make food and drink such pleasures.
There’s delicate balance
between hard work and rejuvenation. Take
your holidays! Take your vacation! That’s not being lazy. That’s sharpening your axe. When you return, work diligently.
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