And when we’re not at rest—when we’re struggling, agitated, anxious—we think that something must be wrong. But in human life there is no state of rest. Children grow as they sleep. Our bodies—themselves host to tens of thousands of microscopic cells and other living organisms that live and die every day—are in a constant state of activity. At “rest,” we are still aging; at “rest,” our minds are organizing our memories. When we exercise, it’s the period of recovery—time that looks like rest—in which our muscles grow stronger. And what is true for us as individuals is true for our community, our
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