Nope.

Anybody else feel like this some days? Some days my body just combats against me and says.... "NOPE..... not today.... not doing it..... think again..... I'm staying right here....." 

I know some people may enjoy those kind of days. Lay around the house, chill out and not do much of anything..... sounds like a great lazy day! You can only pray that its raining that day as well. Nothing better than a rainy lazy day at home, just chilling. Right?? 

Wrong. 

These days are hard for me. Sure they are great every now and then, but I always feel guilty. When my body tells me to just stop and rest, I have a really hard time complying. I want to keep going and keep doing. I feel guilty because I don't want people to think I'm just being lazy. Every time I have a day like this, it never fails.... somebody always says well "you gotta get up and just get out, you can't just sit inside and sulk all day."

But I have to disagree. I think sometimes we need those NOPE days. I think sometimes, its our bodies way of saying... "Hey there..... I'm working real hard here, I really need a break before something bad happens." 

Like I said, the hardest part for me is feeling guilty for taking time to just rest. That is something that I need to work on for myself. The past couple of days, have been just NOPE days for me. Yesterday, I fought it. I went and did like I needed to do, and I came home exhausted. I slept more than 10 hours last night and still woke up exhausted. So, my NOPE day continued through until today. I had an appointment this morning, where I was reminded that I NEED to take this time. I need to rest. I need to eat well. I need to take care of my body, and listen to it. So, today...... I'm taking a NOPE day. 

In the old testament, God told Elijah when he was going through a terrible time, that he needed to eat, then rest, then eat some more, then rest. He just needed to take care of himself. The journey to him was too much.  God came to him and said, "let me carry you through this.... and in the mean time do what I tell you and, take care of your body." So that is what Elijah did, and he came out  of his situation on the other side because he listened to what was told to him. (This story can be found in 1 Kings 19. You can read more about it here)

So, long story short.... I hope you will take some time to have a NOPE day. Most of the time.... its needed.