Rest From Urgency Meditation

Dear scribbler + speaker,

There's a fierce urgency of now that has groomed + conditioned many of us to run off frantic fuel. But there is an unlearning liberation from this exploitive, debilitating fallacy that awaits us, personally + collectively.

It is possible to be counterculture in a culture chronically hyped up on pseudo urgency all in the name of 'deadlines' (even this death-like language is woven into the normalcy of it all).

There is a softer, more shalom-making place to land as we pause in a meditation that opens us up to breathe + rest in holy curiosity about our patterns + path.

Thankfully, the divine presence of life-giving Breath helps us to breathe new rhythms of rest activated + alchemized in our work-play.

No doubt, we will encounter both grace and grief as we flesh out what's at the root of the tyranny of urgency. No matter what, we will be comforted in the unlearning + new learning.

I have an invitation for you to get into the flow of pause with a visual meditation (press play for the video), it's a preview of today's Meditative Minute Moment on the podcast. For the full runtime of 1:43, click or tap the phone image.

In this episode:

— You’ll hear Angie muse about the bully of urgency.

— You’ll be reminded that most things are not urgent.

— You’ll meditate on what's underneath the urgency you're sensing.

— You’ll notice + nurture + embody a posture of unhurry in compassionate self-reflection.

Feel free to download the journaling guide to help you document + process your thoughts and emotions. Click or tap the image below to print out the PDF.

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A Blessing for scribblers + speakers dealing with chronic urgency and hurry

"May you dare to notice the courage that's already yours to go upstream. May you nurture what you already know to be true: your time is in God's benevolent hands. May you embody holy audacity from the God who enables you to redeem time as a deeply rested trustee of shalom.