My trip is 12 days out and all I can do is wait. As an enneagram 3, my instinct is to always fill empty time with work… Write that college essay! Submit that scholarship! But as I’ve been praying about the kind of person I want to be in 2021, I’ve realized I don’t want to be an efficient, productive machine all the time. When I waste my rest time on work, I become a human doing, not a human being. I become someone living for the future, not the now. So, this year I want to focus on being fully present, and in these last few days pre-trip, that means resting like I mean it.
In all the prayers I could ask for this week (safety, security, friendships, etc.), I think I just need prayers for my spiritual preparation. My soul needs to rest before this trip. My body needs to physically rest before this trip. I need to slow down before being launched to light-speed. I’m praying I can rest like I mean it so that in 12 days, I’ll be ready to embrace the wild ride with open arms.
Cheers to living in the now. Over and out.
