Take care of the rest

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Take Care of the RestJanuary 8th

Good morning, friend."Take care of the rest"It's what we say when it's time to finish everything at the margin. The important work is done, now all that's left are the scraps—the tiny things barely worth even mentioning.Of course, if all the rest was left undone, then it'd be hard to call anything done.  Nobody could overlook a multitude of tiny details undone to see the big work finished—like seeing the trees at the expense of the forest. We all know in projects that we have to show the actual rounded corners, free of sawdust, clear of the detritus of of the work itself. It's the only way we can apprehend things.Yet, despite its importance, we still call it the rest.Label it a second-rate priority, dismiss it, and ship it off to the corners of our minds. When "the rest" is just as much a part of the work as anything else—Which is why today, rest is as important as anything else you can do. Heaven knows we haven't figured out how to get anyone else to do it for us.Sure, it might not rear it's head the way the to-do lists and 5 year plans do...But resting is as much a part of the work as the work itself. And maybe, just maybe, the work is there for the rest... Not the other way around.So maybe give it a break, give yourself a break,and take care of the rest?Journal Prompt: what's the biggest external source of internal peace in your life right now?