In a world where exhaustion and achievement are status symbols it can take courage to rest. Rest can often be seen as being superfluous to our wellbeing, as the thing that we will do when everything else is done. The paradox of course being that everything so rarely gets done that we seldom get to practice the art of rest. Busy is a drug that many of us have become addicted to. Being busy conveys status. We tell ourselves that it means we are important and valued. We have come to view rest as expendable, lazy and indulgent. We focus on striving, on achieving, and never stop, only resting when we have become so exhausted that we have no other choice but to do so.