Then we slip into the pattern of truly relaxing only when we're away on an extended vacation. Even then, the phone rings or a Fax document comes through. We wonder if it's for us. When our conscious attention goes to these thoughts, we realize that we're existing in the illusion that we're relaxing. We experience the energy and power of vacation draining from us.
Taking mini-vacations reduces the pressure of the expectations and demands that we place on our vacations and leisure time. Suspending our sense of place on our vacations and leisure time. Suspending our sense of place with a mini-vacation, we find greater ease in facing those aspects of our work and life that frighten us. Reflecting on our lives within the context of mini-vacation also helps us build on our strengths.
Mini-vacations help us develop a more conscious and compassionate way of living and working. When we're conscious and compassionate way of living and working. When we're consciously open in a mini-vacation, the outcome may surprise us. We can be involved in activity that seems totally unrelated to dealing with issues in our life and work. The mini-vacation encourages us to stay open without making premature judgments and closing down into a safe routine. Then there it is. An "aha." We've been frantically and unsuccessfully searching and here this "aha" has come to us in an unexpected way. < previous - next >