Time To Rest
This week I had a rare afternoon off. It doesn’t happen often, I can tell you! New carpets were fitted at one of the shops and after the fitting I took the old, dirty carpets to the local tip.
Needing a shower I decided at this point to go home and take the rest of the day off. A bold decision – if we are not open we cannot sell anything – but it was necessary to my overall well being.
I have become so used to being at work 7 days a week I realise I have slipped into an unhealthy pattern. I don’t take regular time for things outside of work. I even went to have my car valeted after the shower – Bliss!
On Friday evening I read 8 palms for a charity fund raising event. Palm reading is another little hobby of mine. Two of the palms I read had no defined fire line. This is the career line. I don’t often see this. I have a very strong fire line in my hand and am used to seeing similar definition in the palms I read.
What this lack of a clear fire line means is that a career does not feature strongly in the bearers life. It does not mean they do not work, just that they have other priorities. Part of me envied these two people as I saw them as people who have got their priorities right.
Susan Owen-Thursfield has a splendid post on her blog about taking time out. You can read it here.
Work is not the be all and end all, as I proved to myself on my afternoon off.
Enjoy the journey.
Wow Mandy
You really are a person of many talents! It’s good that you are taking some time out for yourself. Hope the JV is still going well for you.
Best wishes
Ann
Hi Ann, I was so taken with Susan Owen-Thursfield’s post that I have made a pledge with myself to try harder to get a day off a week.
Thanks for visiting.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hi Mandy,
Ithink a rest wil do you good, you don`t want to burn out with all this success in the air !
TTFN….Ed.
Bless you, Ed. It’s hard work, but really enjoyable!
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hi Mandy,
remember “All work and no play” etc, but I think that you enjoy what you do so much that it isn`t really like ” WORK ” for you, it`s more of a way of life.
But next week take a whole day off and pamper yourself, you deserve it.
Regards
Colin
You are so right, Colin. I think the key is finding something you enjoy that much. It was nice to get the car cleaned though!
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Does the palm follow the owner or predict his/her path?
hmmmm.
John
Both, John. You have a dominant hand and a passive hand, both will be different. The theory is one you are born with the other is what you do with your life. On the dominant hand your lines will change to reflect your life path.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hi Mandy,
Doris says hi, hope you are resting up well?
TTFN….Ed.
Hi Ed, (and Doris!), thanks for dropping by, much more rested now, thank you – and I have a clean car!
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hello Mandy,
I think you work too hard, even God rested on the 7th day!
I love running, but one of the most important part of any training schedule is the rest days, otherwise you simply become fatigued rather than fit.
Don’t be so hard on yourself, have a full day off next week and just relax. Best wishes.
John
Aw, thank you, John. I do enjoy what I do so much though. Makes it a lot easier.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hi Mandy!
I do think that one needs one’s priorities right, and also that one should have a break to keeps one’s sanity. But still, I feel it’s one’s passion that keeps one going. Enjoy it, I say.
Best Regards,
Benedict
Thanks, Benedict, nice to hear from you, hope all is going well.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hi Mandy,
Incredible … wish I would be closer to your neck of the woods to have my palm inspected by you
You are an awesome woman all the way around!!
Many Thanks,
Svenja
Bless you, Svenja, I suspect all of my masterclass colleagues will have strong fire lines! When we are all earning our millions here on the internet we should have ‘masterclass seminar’ and I will read everyone’s palms!
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hi Mandy,
Another talent revealed! I, like Svenja, would love to be in your neck of the woods to get my ‘palm read.’ Fascinating stuff.
As for the rest…you are wise indeed. We’re all working so hard that we’re forgetting to play…and, that’s never a good thing!
Rest up Mandy…we need you!
Kathy
Hi Kathy, that’s really sweet of you. I hope you are finding some ‘you’ time too!
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Mandy,
I agree completely. I also took the weekend off, which is a rarity. Of course, I spent most of the time on the computer studying. But it was an easy week anyway.
My great aunt was an excellent palm reader for almost 60 years before she passed away. Always denied being psychic, which she was. She used to read everyone’s palms in the area, and was always spot on. I’m next in line
Take care and have a great and relaxing weekend.
Patrick
http://patrickwooley.com
Hi Patrick, thanks so much for visiting. My step mother reads tea leaves, which is really interesting. Completely psychic – I, however, just read the lines on people’s hands so far, but I do sit in a development circle and hope one day to train my psychic mind and use it for good.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Hi Mandy
Another great post. You should never let your job control your life. Do people live to work or work to live??
I know which one I am.
Take care
Alex
Exactly, Alex, a healthy lifestyle isn;t only about eating and exercise, is it. Love your blog!
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy
Mandy,
You have so many talents and abilities that help others improve their lives. When people are gifted givers sometimes we forget to take time for ourselves. It’s good that you took a well deserved break.
No palm fire line? um.. I’ll have to look into that to see if mine is well defined. Interesting.
Thanks for the post.
Ann
Hi Ann, thank you so much for that. I think we all deserve time out.
Enjoy the journey.
Mandy