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Many things are useful, not because of what they are, but because of what they are not. A vase, for instance, is useless without the hollow inside. A window would serve no purpose if it were not transparent. A door would be pointless if it did not open. A piece of music without silence is simply a tone.

I often get down on myself when I find I'm not doing everything I can with every second I have. I feel as though I'm wasteing something precious. I fail to realize that rest is needed in order to absorb those moments. Not rest, as in sleep; Rest, as in that moment of pause between two measures in the most beautiful song you've ever heard.

I can't take credit for this analogy. It is one of the many, many beautiful lessons our associate minister taught before she left for Canada. She, of course, said it much more beautifully than I ever could. I've simply adapted it to myself.