It's great to feel rested. But how much better is it to feel rested after accomplishing something or making a contribution to others or to society?
To be required to rest - to be prevented from working, whether the work is serving one's employer or contributing to one's family, friends, or local or global community; to be prevented from working to preserve and enhance one's physical and mental vigor - would be a curse. Indeed, to be required to rest would be enervating and ultimately exhausting. It might even make one crazy.
We develop and preserve our health and mental acuity by vigorously exercising our bodies, our minds and our compassionate spirit - balanced with healthful rest. And, for most of us, our greatest source of fulfillment and self-worth is not how famous we are, how powerful we think we are, who we know, or how much money we have. Our truest experience of fulfillment and self-worth comes from regularly experiencing that we contribute to the lives of others.
