What is Rest - Kiddo (Shayla Paradeis) - Christian Callaghan

 Although this was only a fragment of her time, she spent with us it was something that resonated with my significantly as I could apply it to my own life. Kiddo shared how there was one day in which she hiked so hard that she had missed the sunset and how during another summer she had lost 26 ibs. She explained to us how this once found escape from the yelling of life her body had now been yelling at herself to slow down and take it easy. It is very obvious that Kiddo is someone who pushes herself to the bounds that her body keeps her to. Another example besides hiking was when she was in college working every night until 3am to stay in school and going to class at 6am for dance practice. However, she spoke on the fact that rest is so important as it will cause you to hate the things you love in life and force you to seek an easier path. 

One thing that I believe helps her with her rest is the fact that she does not have a smartphone, this is one of the things that prevents us as humans from resting every day. I myself have this problem every night when I seek a small hit of dopamine. Reaching for my phone and turning on its bright blue screen to scroll and scroll and scroll. Kiddo gets to avoid this problem and lets the natural melatonin in her body take over her mind and bring herself to sleep.

Rest helps us process life and function in all of our strength to move forward in our journeys; we cannot make meaning unless we are rested. Let our bodies recover so we can place our feet and pump our muscles to continue, to rest our mere human minds to think intelligently moving forward and rest our hearts so that we may love all that is around us and appreciate all the world has to offer.

When you "[walk] until there [is] nowhere left to step", rest is a key concept that will allow us to continue on our journey to make meaning in our lives (Paradeis).

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