Casper ter Kuile

That is the beauty of sacred time: it stretches across all places and is accessible to us, wherever we are.

learning a new skill or mastering something isn’t the goal of
sabbath. You don’t have to, and in fact shouldn’t, play for a purpose. Hobbies don’t have to become hustles! Making room for play is about learning what things awaken joy for you, and making time for those special things.

We can enter sabbath time whenever we want—though tradition recommends a regular rhythm.

When we keep
a sabbath, we get to practice saying “no.” No one will enforce it for us.

I worry that stopping means failing at something because to stop makes no sense amid the rules of competition and the culture of progress. Tricia Hersey, the creator of the Nap Ministry, describes rest as a form of resistance, because it pushes back against capitalism

I worry that stopping means failing at something because to stop makes no sense amid the rules of competition and the culture of progress. Tricia Hersey, the creator of the Nap Ministry, describes rest as a form of resistance, because it pushes back against capitalism and white supremacy.

Ultimately, a sabbath of some form or another is necessary for connecting with ourselves.

“We do not live more fully merely by doing more, seeing more, tasting more, and experiencing more than we ever have before. On the contrary, some of us need to discover that we will not begin to live more fully until we have the courage to do and see and taste and experience much less than usual.”

what makes a life of health and happiness. After eighty years of research, the scientists concluded that the quality of participants’ relationships with their friends, families, and partners mattered most.

it is not so much the number of relationships in our life, but their quality, that matters most. Living in the midst of conflict is deeply destructive for our health, while living in the midst of warm relationships is protective.