A main focus at Blueprint Heart & Mind – and when I meet with clients – is wholeness and restoration. Restoration is a thing (noun); the action (verb) is the word “restore.” We want to set back to the original design, the blueprint, whatever it is that has gotten distorted.

The way you respond to things and the thoughts that you have are far more often a learned pattern than you realize. But you can shift or interrupt the pattern. You can change the way you’ve “always” responded or reacted.

I am usually a glass half full kind of person. I find joy in the little things. It doesn’t take much to make me laugh. I delight in the ordinary. So, it took me by surprise when I didn't have an answer to my husband's question: What are you looking forward to today?

What if we not only need rest to be redefined, but what if engaging in rest is also how we're hardwired?