Chasing Sunsets

Mental Health

The mind can rest without being fixed

1 min read ·

Purple wildflowers overlook a harbor with fishing boats at a wooden pier, still water reflecting a pink sky. AI-generated artwork.

Disclosed AI-generated artwork.

The boats are already home. They aren’t being improved. They’re tied, and the water is still, and that’s a whole evening.

You may believe rest is for later — after the anxiety is gone, after you understand yourself, after you’re easy to be around. That bargain keeps you working in a shop that never closes.

Rest now, unfinished. A still mind for ten minutes isn’t a cure. It’s a mercy. Mercy is allowed in the middle of the work.

If you cannot rest because the mind won’t stop, and it has been this way a long time, a person trained for that can help. We’ll walk you to Help. We won’t pretend we’re that person.

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The Chasing Sunsets editor

I write Chasing Sunsets from Edmonton, Alberta. Every line here started as something I said to someone having a bad day — usually on our Facebook page, usually at night.

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