Whenever life starts to feel overwhelmingly hectic, our first instinct is often to do anything but rest. 

Most of us try to work even harder or plan our weekends full of activities.

The art of rest is something we all have to learn.

Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, said it best in his book The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching:

“When we humans get sick, we just worry! We look for doctors and medicine, but we don’t stop. Even when we go to the beach or the mountains for a vacation, we don’t rest, and we come back more tired than before. We have to learn to rest.”