stopping the busy.

For a few minutes today,

stop.

This thing we call busy?

The one we wear around our necks

like a medal, like a badge of courage?

 What if the real courage is found 

in stopping

the busy?

What if bravery is defined by 

savoring the breathing room

in the space that's created 

between the now and the next?

If just for a moment today,

stop the busy-ness.

And breathe a slower breath with God.

Look up.

Look around.

Feel His presence.

And then get back to life…

maybe just a little bit saner

and a whole lot more courageous and brave.

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, 

he said to them, 

"Come with me by yourselves 

to a quiet place and get some rest."

~Mark 6:31

And then take on an entirely new way of life—

a God-fashioned life, 

a life renewed from the inside 

and working itself into your conduct 

as God accurately reproduces his character in you.

~Ephesians 4:24

Many blessings,

Deni

{photos taken of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and gates in the Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland.}