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Rest in the Present
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making Me Time
By John Kevin Allen You are worth the quiet moment. You are worth the deeper breaths, and you are worth the time it takes to slow down, be still, and rest.
~Morgan Harper Nichols
Last summer, I was suffering from too much stress. I had just graduated from a challenging doctoral program and was exhausted from the years of research, study and writing that led to my walking across that stage. My wife and I took a vacation after graduation to celebrate, but the academic intensity had become a habit and my brain couldn't seem to shut off. I felt like I should be reading, studying, or writing. My job as an educator didn't help. I had finished teaching a summer program and was gearing up for the fall semester that was coming too soon. We vacationed on Mackinac Island in Michigan, where the pace of life slows considerably. Ordinarily, the clip-clop of horses, the lack of cars and the quaint shops would have relaxed me, but I could not slow down. I was too wound up, tired, and distracted. I had to check one more e-mail. I had to make one more fall schedule adjustment. I had to communicate with one more fall student about his concerns. (Keep reading)  
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