Well, hello there. It's Morgan Harper-Nichols here. I'm an artist and a writer, and this is a space

where I turn the lens on various topics and subjects in hopes to learn something new or see something in a new way.

Today's episode is called Five Words to Keep in Your Vocabulary, even when you're facing unknowns.

Thank you for listening.

The five words that I'm going to be sharing with you today are words that I have shared on social media. And these are all words that you already know, and I've written a short poem

as a definition for each word in hopes to perhaps

see this word in a new way and perhaps create a reason to keep this word in your vocabulary

even when you're facing unknowns. I know for me when it comes to waiting, seasons of questioning,

it can be very hard and oftentimes feel limiting in terms of how I think about things or how

I think about the future. This is why I think words on their own are so powerful. So I would just like to invite you to listen to this

word and listen to my poetic definition, but also come up with your own definition of what this

word means to you. And of course, I will put all of these poetic definitions in the show notes

if you would like to refer to them later.

So the first word to keep in your vocabulary is rest, rest, the act of ceasing to work

in order to be refreshed and recover your strength, even when you don't think you're worthy of it. I added that

second part, even when you don't think you're worthy of it, because I think that oftentimes,

intellectually, we know that we need rest. However, intellectually, we know that we have things to do. We know that

there is a to-do list that still has unmarked checks. There are still people who need things from

us, people relying on us. And as a result, it can feel close to impossible sometimes to feel like we are worthy of rest.

So just keep that in your mind as you are facing any unknown.

It's okay.

It's still okay to take that time to rest.

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