http://www.deborahkingcenter.com/blog/2012/08/31/labor-day-celebrate-hard-work/ DEBORAH KING, J.D., author of Truth Heals: What You Hide Can Hurt You (Hay House 2009), is a health & wellness expert, attorney, national keynote speaker, frequent TV and radio commentator, and a “healer to the stars.” She is trained to address both the mind and the body’s health and disease processes. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:19:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.deborahkingcenter.com/blog/2012/08/31/labor-day-celebrate-hard-work/comment-page-1/#comment-15477 Kathleen Sun, 02 Sep 2012 01:50:39 +0000 http://www.deborahkingcenter.com/blog/?p=1577#comment-15477 Thought provoking article, thank you Deborah. For the last year, most of my effort has been focused on the hard self work you mention. I will think about a meaningful ceremony to celebrate and honor this and other hard work. It is difficult to quantify the results of this labor and others may not see the need for this process and how much effort is involved or that it is ongoing, layer after layer. I have spent so much of my life working hard, overcoming major issues and experiencing pain and discomfort and it has changed me, my life and circumstances. While I recognize the positive outcomes and results of this, I also long for the time and space to just be: to enjoy where and who I am in comfort (financial and otherwise). To have everything be easy and effortless, to enjoy the fruits of all of my labor ….. without feeling I need to push myself to fulfill my life purpose, to not have to be courageous all of the time, without the pain, without discomfort and without hard work. I think it is all about balance in life, as you said, to enjoy time off and honoring the need to relax, to rejuvenate and to enjoy life.

]]> http://www.deborahkingcenter.com/blog/2012/08/31/labor-day-celebrate-hard-work/comment-page-1/#comment-15465 Nancy Neff Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:58:46 +0000 http://www.deborahkingcenter.com/blog/?p=1577#comment-15465 Work is rewarding if it has a purpose, otherwise it can be just drudgery. Not enough work can make you flaccid and weak, like the astronauts’ muscles when they spent too much time in space away from gravity. The body and mind like to work and contribute, and it also builds self-esteem, yet they also like to rest, and that does NOT mean the person is lazy! Finding this balance between work and rest is a constant lesson for me. Deborah, thanks for making me think, as usual.
Nancy

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