Today is Sunday. Let me rest today, rest from trying to earn more money by buying and selling stocks, rest from reading the book "Value Investing" from Bruce Greenwald, rest from watching youtube videos about countries, companies, health, bikes, and even where to stay in Ubatuba (a brazilian beach city). Let me rest from worrying about the new students that I am going to receive this week for the Operating System course, or even, let me rest from worrying about how vulnerable my computer or how easy it is to rob my password.
There is a book titled "The top five regrets of the dying" from Bronnie Ware. I haven't read it yet, but I know that a lot of people regret from not spending more time with their families or friends, from over working, from worrying too much about little things, etc.
It means that a lot of people regret from not resting in their Sabbaths because they regret from things that they should be doing in the resting day.
I am about to retire, I am almost 60 years old (In Brazil, the normal retiring age for men is turning to 65 years old, but I got some transitory phase). I expect to rest in my retirement, at least, I expect to enjoy life more. My wife would say that in order to retire, I should have already begun working. Frankly, I don't see that I have done anything grandiose, but I really feel that I didn't enjoy life as I should have enjoyed.
Today is a Sabbath. Let me enjoy this day. Let me thank the Lord for so many things He has done in my life. The Lord has been following me, taking care of me; nothing has lacked to me. He is the provider of all the things I need to live. He is the author of life. He is my Creator.
Today is the day to "feel" the Lord taking care of me, to contemplate his beauty, to contemplate his creation. I hope that today is the day that I won't regret living before dying.
