Retreats - A Time for Self Care Part 2 Go and Play!
Do you feel exhausted from pushing yourself to do things? Are you on the verge of burnout? It’s time to take care of yourself, but how?
I highly recommend you:
Go and play!
Take a day or a few to spend time at a retreat centre and enjoy the silence and surroundings - where the agenda is empty, and you don’t “have to do” anything.
What can that look like? When you are hungry, eat. When you are tired, fall asleep. When you are bored, play. Take advantage of the surrounding apparatus and tools and have fun! Jump on a trampoline, swing on a swing, blow bubbles, play with a toy, pet a dog, paint a picture, glide in a canoe, balance on a tightrope, read in a treehouse, walk a labyrinth, or snooze in a hammock. If you desire, invite God into your day and listen for God’s voice in the gentle breeze, on the printed pages of a good book, or in reflections posted on a tree.
Can’t get away now? Book a date, and in the meantime, practice playing in your playground.
by Tina Weidelich