I hold the Bellahim and the Shaitan,
Ar-Rajim,
Bismillah,
Ar-Rahman,
Ar-Rahim in the name of the one most compassionate,
Most merciful,
Most kind.
This is Mark Silver with Heart of Business.
Welcome to the Remembrance.
And it's okay to have fallow time.
We have projects,
Sometimes really big projects,
Sometimes big projects with deadlines,
Things that either we've committed to or we need to have done by a certain time for a variety of reasons.
And we sometimes end up pushing to get those done.
The question is,
Do we allow a fallow time after?
So just take a moment,
Take a nice gentle breath.
Notice how you're feeling.
So much room to feel exactly how you're feeling without needing to change or fix anything.
It's very common.
Perhaps you've had this habit,
This pattern of continuing to go,
Go,
Go,
Continuing to try to be productive in your business,
Even after a big project or a big push.
And yes,
It's true,
It would be ideal to get the business to the point where pushes like that are infrequent,
But sometimes it just takes time to get to that point,
To develop the business and develop the habits and the timing and to work the schedule.
And so if you do find yourself in a big push and then completing that big push and then even maybe having a weekend off,
But still feeling tired and not really feeling inspired on Monday,
Consider that the way that we've worked our calendar hasn't really been done to respect the habits and patterns and needs of our bodies and our minds and our mental health.
There is no universal rule that says you shall be entirely replenished after a two day weekend if you even had that.
So I want to encourage you in this moment to honor and respect and embrace the fatigue,
The lack of inspiration,
The desire for rest after a push.
Allowing your head to bow,
Allowing your heart to bow,
Bringing your attention to your heart and calling the name of the divine through the open doorway of your heart.
Is the divine present even here?
Is love available even here?
Is it okay to be tired?
Is it okay to not be ready to jump into action just because the calendar shows a particular day or date?
Is it okay to listen more closely to your body and to your heart than it is to listen to the calendar?
It's easy to feel the pressure of oncoming obligations and perhaps other deadlines.
And it's true that you may not be able to have the full and complete rest that you would ideally like.
But it's also true that you can reevaluate the oncoming obligations and identify the absolute minimum needed in this moment.
And also identify what can either be dropped or let go of or postponed by a day,
By a few days,
By a week,
By a month.
Is love available even here?
Even in changing obligations?
Even in embracing the absolute minimum needed?
Um.
Letting go of the authority of the calendar.
Letting go of self-imposed deadlines that can shift.
Allowing commitments and obligations that you've made to your business and or to other people.
Letting them shift in ways that they can shift.
And allowing your fatigue,
Your tiredness,
Your I'm not ready to jump back in.
Allowing and embracing the truth of that.
That that deserves to be present also.
On-la.
On-la.
On-la.
On-la.
Embracing the tiredness and the fatigue and the not ready to jump back in.
That comes after a big push.
Comes after a deadline.
On-la.
And noticing how your heart feels,
How your being feels.
Allowing yourself to embrace that and acknowledge it.
On-la.
And noticing any authentic appreciation or gratitude for anything that you've experienced in this remembrance.
Letting yourself express that to the divine.
And taking a gentle breath and allowing yourself to return.
