A man once said, “If you don’t make time to rest, you will be laid to rest.” Those words linger deeply in a world that never seems to slow down.Our lives have become crowded with activity, noise, pressure, and performance. Rest has quietly been removed from our schedules, replaced with constant motion. Even when we pause, our minds are still running, scrolling endlessly, processing information, reacting to conversations, comparing lives, and absorbing things we never asked for. We are present physically, yet absent mentally and emotionally. But rest was never meant to be optional.

Rest is not weakness. Rest is not laziness. Rest is nourishment. From the very beginning, rest was divinely established, not as a reward for exhaustion, but as a rhythm for living. True rest restores not just the body, but also the soul and the mind. It recalibrates us. It returns us to ourselves. Sunday Rice is born from this understanding

In many homes, Sunday rice is not just food, it is tradition, warmth, gathering, and familiarity. It is the meal that brings people together after a long week. It is slow cooking, shared laughter, and intentional presence. It is nourishment in its simplest form.This Sunday Rice corner is designed to be the same, a place of revitalization and gentle renewal. Here, we pause. Here, we breathe. Here, we replenish.

Sunday Rice is a weekly corner on Elspen Wrytes dedicated to stories, poems, and reflections that create moments of peace. Content that allows you to slow down, reflect, and gently recharge for the week ahead. Words that feel like a warm meal after days of running on empty.

In our part of the world, there is an unspoken pressure to always be doing something. Productivity is praised, busyness is glorified, and rest is often mistaken for laziness. While diligence is good, unchecked activity slowly drains us. Not everything that keeps us busy is necessary. Not everything that demands our energy deserves it.One of the greatest acts of wisdom is learning to weigh our activities, to identify what nourishes us and what quietly depletes us. Many of the things we engage in daily do not add value to our lives, yet they take so much from us. Our responses to people, our acceptance of unnecessary burdens, and our inability to set boundaries all affect our energy more than we realize.What we allow into our minds matters.What we give our time to matters.What we entertain emotionally matters.Weekends, especially Sundays, are meant to restore what the week has taken. Yet unconsciously, many of us spend them scrolling endlessly through our phones, feeding our minds vague images, opinions, gossip, and noise. Conversations that begin as harmless gist often evolve into gossip, leaving us heavier rather than lighter. We rarely pause to ask: How did this benefit me? Did this bring peace or tension? Sunday Rice invites us to ask better questions.Are we still creating intentional time with family? Are we present with our children? Are we nurturing our relationship with ourselves?Are we resting or merely distracting ourselves?

As this new season unfolds, rest has become part of choosing growth with purpose, a journey I began reflecting on in What I’m Carrying Into the New Year.

This space is not about doing nothing; it is about doing what restores life. It is about justifying rest as honourable, necessary, and sacred. It is about choosing nourishment over noise.So here, we pause.Here, we replenish.And from here, we proceed into our everyday lives, energized, grounded, and full of life and love.Welcome to Sunday Rice.Your weekly reminder that rest is part of living well.

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