Relaxation - it's all that it's cracked up to be

Today's blog is inspired by my lovely wife of three years (as of today at 11am, in fact). We are most fortunate to have an opportunity to go away for a week's vacation to celebrate our anniversary. We have stayed at the amazing Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. It is a wonderful place, full of history, and quite the place to relax.

The main point of today's message though, is the need for relaxation. In the daily clutter of life, working, attending meetings, cleaning house, keeping appointments, it becomes a challenge to try and remember what we're about. It's only when you stop and smell the roses (or pine trees in our case) that you can start to understand your place or purpose in life.

Being relaxed allows you to reconnect with those you love. Being relaxed lets you realize what you "want to be when you grow up". Being relaxed lets you realize what is meaningful to you. Being relaxed puts your daily "worries" in perspective. Being relaxed lets you actually hear God.

I'm not saying that you need to drive to North Carolina to relax, it can be done with a beer in your backyard. What I AM saying is that you need to remember that it is a CRUCIAL part of your life. You MUST make time for yourself in order to make sure that you are on the right path in your life. I cannot recommend it enough.

Thoughts anyone?