In today's busy, often too busy, world, sometimes one just needs to press their "Reset" button, but that can be difficult if they have forgotten where it is.
I just got back from "resetting" by indulging in a rather simple activity. Reading in a library. However, this was not a planned activity. Earlier tonight, I read one of the 90+ unread email from a health newsletter I subscribed to. I soon came to the realization that I was in dire need to revamp my exercise program, closed my computer, and went for a walk. I walked in a different direction than I usually go, and ended up at the university library. I meandered over to the magazine rack, picked up a National Geographic magazine and sat down. I was then transported on a whirlwind tour of places I had never been, reading about people I had never met, who were doing things I had never thought of doing.
I was interrupted only once by my wife, Simone, who called on my cell phone wondering where I was. She asked what I was doing at the library. "Reading," I replied. Then, we had one of those exchanges that seemed rather mundane at the time, but got me thinking afterward. "You're reading at the library," she said, "Why are you reading there?" "To do something different," was my answer. (I'll forgo my commentary on that statement in order to let you think about that for a moment.) As I was walking back home, I got to thinking of how the world, even the mundane confines of Loma Linda, seemed like a different place because I closed my computer and opened that magazine. My world view was broadened, and I was refreshed.
We all need to find someway to unplug from our usual activities, to reset our minds so that they will be refreshed and ready to face the challenges of life. I won't give any recommendations except to try it. You'll be glad you did.
