Once inner quiet is recognized as valuable, the act becomes a kind of care practice. Offline intervals resemble closing a door to sleep, reflection, or prayer: they acknowledge limits and restore capacity. Rather than treating rest as a reward for productivity, the quote implies rest is a right—and that protecting it may require defying norms that treat busyness as virtue.
As a result, the rebellion becomes gentle but durable. It is less about dramatic renunciation and more about repeated, ordinary choices that keep your nervous system from living in perpetual alert. [...]
