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HOLIDAY

I hope by now you are not bored with my acronyms as I just couldn't resist this one. As you can gather from the title I am on holiday in the beautiful country called Kenya. What is a holiday?

H: Healing- a holiday is a time for healing. As you go through life a holiday allows you to recuperate from the battles of everyday living. 
O: Order- a holiday allows you to see where order is needed. Spring cleaning is simply placing order where disorder is. 
L: Leave- a holiday allows you to leave things that consume us and take us from the place where life flows freely and unhindered from the everyday dealings that sometimes clutter our minds making us ineffective.
I: Inspiring- a holiday enable you to find fresh focus on the dream or purpose one is pursuing.
D: Development- a holiday helps develop perspective. When you look at something from outside the box you see with a better view.
A: Attitude- a holiday breathes fresh air into our lives which gives wings to the dream. Attitude they say and we know is everything. During a holiday one is able to see what attitudal adjustments are necessary to pursue life's dreams. 
Y: Yearning- life's stresses curtail our hunger to grow and improve sometimes but a holiday will provide impetus that causes one's hunger for life's purpose to be pursued afresh.

Even Jesus took the disciples into the desert to rest for a while that they may be refreshed and reinvigorated for the journey ahead. Rest is important as am learning and enjoying right now.

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