Eating Work

Hi everyone. I am sorry for the long break from the blog. I really disconnected while in Italy. Disconnection is an interesting phenomenon in the 21st century. I don't know if I have experienced quite like I have the last 3 weeks. A sabbatical is for rest from work. Work is something I have always enjoyed. I have discovered it is something I eat as well. When I say that I eat work I mean that I use it to sustain myself. Work gives my life some texture. It helps me feel like I have meaning. Without work I have looked harder at the stars and the sea. I have seen things that usually pass me by. I have felt emptier than usual at times without work and fuller at times with gratitude. I am still trying to figure out what it all means. I want work to give my life some texture but I don't want to eat it. It is good every once in a while to take a break and find out how important something is to you. Maybe that is why the Bible talks so much about things like fasting. Then again, maybe fasting is to remind me that I am a dependant being under a crazy delusion that I am independant. This fasting from work starves a part of me that needs to be reminded that man doesn't live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.