Is this rest… or am I just bored?
After years of rushing, striving, juggling, and holding it all together — it can be hard to know what rest actually feels like.Is this exhaustion part of my healing?
Am I just bored?
Or… is this what it feels like to finally stop running?
Long-term stress changes us. It wires our nervous system into survival mode — always alert, always doing, always fixing.
For many of us, especially those who’ve spent years holding space for others, it becomes our default. Stillness feels foreign. Sometimes even frightening.
So when life finally gives us a moment to exhale, it can feel uncomfortable. Like something is wrong. Like we should do something.
But what if this unfamiliar feeling is rest?
What if the call now is to gently unravel — not with force, but with softness, and trust?
In her book “God Spoke To Me”, Eileen Caddy shares:
“Accept periods of rest. ‘Just being’ is as essential as ‘doing’. Enjoy life in its different phases, in its changing colours and moods. Watch the perfect pattern unfold and develop. It is not what you say that matters. It is what you are and how you live. Accept these periods of rest. I will make it clear when it is necessary for you to go into action.”
There is deep wisdom in this. Rest is not laziness. It’s not apathy. It’s an essential part of our healing cycle. A time to reset the nervous system, to realign with our values, and to come back to ourselves.If you’re in a season like this — unsure whether you’re recovering, resting, or just lost- know this:
You’re not broken. You’re rebalancing.
Let the rest be part of the medicine. You’ll know when it’s time to move again, but for now, ask yourself;
When was the last time you truly rested — not just physically, but deep in your soul?