Recovery
Recovery occurs in many areas of the human experience. It’s aim is to get back something that has been lost.
Regaining physical health after illness or injury can be recovering from a cold or a sprained ankle, to more serious issues like traumatic injury and life-threatening illness.
Retrieving a healthy life from the power of addiction. Recovering from mild to severe emotional trauma and abuse. Struggling to regain economic prosperity after strong down turns, be they personal or collective.
In many situations, like natural disasters, the recovery process involves physical, emotional, economic and spiritual hard work.
“While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention for a short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term.” ~Sylvia Matthews Burwell
Recovery is a process, not an event. It requires courage, faith, discipline, acceptance, creativity, and a will to survive.
“The goal of spiritual practice is full recovery, and the only thing you need to recover from is a fractured sense of self.” ~Marianne Wiilliamson
It is important to recognize that in recovery, rest is essential. To keep our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual batteries full we must have peaceful interludes.
“We are all drowning in data. We all need moments of recovery. For me, that includes not going right to my phone when I wake up in the morning.” ~Cathy Engelbert
I invite you this week, to bring full conscious awareness to your rest and recovery.
