sundays are rest days and 40 acts observes this, too. there is no email and no challenge today, but a chance to process things that have happened and sit back and enjoy the day we are living.' i want to take this first sunday of lent to talk about the importance of rest. i'm not a particularly old person (or i convince myself i'm not, at least, although i am one of them final babies born last century) but my body needs rest and i know it. recently i was very unwell - literally had all symptoms under the sun, all at once, from runny nose and sore throat to dizziness and headaches. it was not great and just made me miss home that much more. but rest is important. we don't need to always be occupying every second of our day just to feel productive and as if we've made the most out of our day. we can easily appreciate the day we have by observing other things, whether this be the daffodils that are springing up in places or the concentration on the barista's f