Staying in Rest

So we all know what busy is right now. Of course, I'm an advocate for literal, physical rest at least one day a week where you let your mind and body be at ease. But I'm talking today about living in the state of rest. 

You know the days where it feels like you're rushing from one thing to the next with little to no time in between? That constant feeling of being the late person or at the very least the scattered person. 

Rather than living with your mind going 90 to nothing from wake up to lay down, what if we changed the way our mind approached all of this busy-ness? What if instead of worrying from one place to the next, we settled into our car rides and our conversations?

Honestly, you can be in a rush and your mind can not even feel the pressure. I've been practicing this when I have particularly packed schedules. I tell myself that whether I'm late or early, I cannot change the situation now, then I enjoy whatever song is on or enjoy the next few minutes of car time to rest or think--not worry. 

I think we crash at night because our brains always have to feel busy even when we may not actually even be physically busy. We have to let our minds rest--all day long. We have to refuse to let our minds get amped up because of a theoretical situation we've created that hasn't even played out, yet. 

How much healthier would we feel if instead of having to lose ourselves in social media for a few hours in order to rest our minds, we just taught our minds to do that all of the time? I think we'd be better friends and parents and pet owners if we just decided to let our minds be at ease.