Vacation

It has been over two weeks since I have used electronics:  no Blackberry, little T.V., checked for an email from School once, no phone...
Vacation was absolute heaven.  Absolute grace.
Grace was spending time with parents, siblings, cousins, niece and nephew, friends.
Grace was taking a run on the beach, swimming every day, soaking up sun and sand.
Grace was having fair trade coffee at a local coffee shop while sitting in Muskoka chairs.
Grace was the feeling of being totally free: to be, to say, to do or not to do, to love life, to reconnect with the inner self.
After all this grace, who would have guessed that the biggest piece of grace was re-discovering and being reminded that issues in life and work often work themselves out with time, without quick answers, with a hands-off attitude.  Who says "Urgent!" messages are urgent?  When two weeks later the situation has naturally righted itself.
Grace is time.  Grace is not immediately answering every email or phone message.  Grace is allowing oneself time to breathe and be.  Thank-you vacation for this re-discovery.