by Akua Boateng
Shutdown – shut-down ~ /‘SHət,doun/ (n.)
1. a
closure of a factory or system, typically a temporary closure due to a
malfunction or for maintenance.
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Stop. It’s a word that at times elicits a response of
resistance to many. The negative connotation that we sense from hearing it so
many times takes us back to times where our inferiority was called to attention
and situations have dominated our ability.
Synonymous to stop, shutdown speaks of the closure of a system.
Whether voluntary or mandatory, it is the temporary halting of an established
way of operating. It is when a system stops. Terminates previous function.
Pauses. A reset.
A shutdown allows for a reset…even of the soul.
Many of us run through life affixing our allegiances to
jobs, people, ideas and system; often spiraling into tired, overworked, remised
individuals. We give so much of ourselves without taking time to have our own
system rest. Allow the shutdowns of life to make room for rest and realignment.
Take the trip to the park that you have been promising your
kids. Make a homemade pizza, discover new melodies or become a stargazer. Find
rest for your soul. Isn’t that what you been longing for…time and rest?
Just as the seasons come and go, this time will flow on the
same way it came. Savor this moment as the spiritual and physical maintenance
that you desperately desire. Experience a book on the breeze-filled patio,
write something that you are passionate about and realign the connection to your
creator.
“Be still and know that He is God”
It’s often something that we resist and never find time to do. Take full inventory of your life and check your alliances. Make a commitment to change your mode of functioning. Rest. Realign. Reset.
It’s often something that we resist and never find time to do. Take full inventory of your life and check your alliances. Make a commitment to change your mode of functioning. Rest. Realign. Reset.
