Catch an appetite for Sabbath practices
From the website Spirituality and Practice: "[Sabbath] practices are not activities to add to your busy schedule or crowded To-Do list. They are not confined to a special place or time. They are what you do every day. They are how you wake up and come alive to the spiritual reality all around you... [Sabbath] practices are specific activities you do to deepen your relationships with the sacred and the world around you. Practices help you connect to God (or whatever name you use to describe that 'something more' beyond yourself). They enable you to become actively engaged with your inner or 'true' selves - the depth of your being. And they expand the breadth of your experiences, encouraging you to relate in a particular way to other people and the whole creation, including animate and inanimate beings."
But how, you ask?
From Traci Smith: "One of the most helpful things anyone ever said to me about Sabbath keeping is that Sabbath keeping should be thought of in terms of smaller parts of a larger whole. Just as we strive to take a Sabbath day out of our week, perhaps we can take a Sabbath week out of our year. Maybe a Sabbath year out of our decade, or even a Sabbath decade (or two) out of our lives.
We can take this the other way, too. Throughout the course of our weeks, we can take a Sabbath hour out of our day, or maybe a Sabbath minute, or minutes out of an hour."
A Sabbath minute might include looking out the window, rubbing lotion on your hands, playing with an ice cube or drinking a glass of ice water, lighting a candle, or standing up and stretching. These are all moments to take a deep breath and recenter, remembering you are always in God's presence.
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