DOWN TIME ?

DOWN TIME – good or bad ?
DOWN TIME – can I afford it ?
DOWN TIME – can I choose it ?
DOWN TIME – can I do it ?

Do I fear DOWN TIME ?
Do I avoid DOWN TIME ?
Could I face myself in DOWN TIME ?
Could I rest in DOWN TIME ?

DOWN TIME – would it reveal my attention deficit disorder ?
DOWN TIME – would it show my hyperactive disorder ?
DOWN TIME – could I lose status ?
DOWN TIME – too foreign for me ?

Does DOWN TIME sound a bit too close to God time ?
How could I have time for DOWN TIME ?
What would I have to change for DOWN TIME ?
I can’t do it – DOWN TIME !

I’ve bought in to –
I’ve locked in to –
– a mental, emotional, social, perpetual-motion machine –
– must keep going round and round –
– can’t get off now –
– can’t stop the merry-go-round

DOWN TIME struggle is nothing new – just ramped up now

DOWN TIME – old days –
– “sold your soul to the company store” –
– no choice but to keep going –
– even get deeper in debt

DOWN TIME – now days –
– “sold your soul to the company cell” –
– no choice but to keep it up –
– or get behind –
– and get deeper enslaved ?

“Jesus said to His disciples, ‘Come apart by yourselves to a secluded place and rest awhile.’ For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure, even to eat.”

‘Come apart’ to rest—or come apart.