Summer isn’t just about refreshing our soul; it’s also about refreshing and energizing our mind. Disconnecting from our routines and tasks to find small stretches of refreshment in our summer will reap huge benefits when fall rolls around and we find ourselves knee-deep in the busyness of life.

I don’t know about you but my priorities tend to get out of whack the busier I get. When this happens, it’s like a domino effect. I get weary, cranky and I complain about the smallest things. I snap at the people closest to me and focus on what’s wrong in my life instead of all that is good and right. And truth…well, when my busyness has gotten the best of me, truth gets distorted and hope often evades even my saner moments.

Our brains need to disconnect into nothingness. Where thoughts evaporate into trickles of peace. Where anxiety and brain clutter trickle into joy and reflection.

And where hope takes flight again.

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been on a hunt for ways to refresh my mind. Although I’ve not explored all of these opportunities, perhaps even one will be just what you need to start down the path of refreshing your mind.

deep breathing with an app like CALM
stretch or practice yoga
lie in the grass and watch clouds
enjoy sounds of nature
journal the good things
take a nap
listen to calming music

Because refreshed mind is a renewed mind.

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Reset our perspectives

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8

Refocus our affections

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2

Renew our strength

Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. Isaiah 40:30

Restore our attitudes

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10

Realign with the truth

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. John 8:32

Redirect our priorities

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2