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A Day Away: Insightful Words from Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou, often spoke about the word of God, trusting the Universe. She often mentioned that no matter what we do today, it’ll will show up again down the road. You may not recognize the name or the face of a benefactor of your words and actions, but to have faith that you are doing what you need to do.
Written in 1993; very timely even now!
I read this last week and had to share with you all!
Here is an excerpt from Maya Angelou, talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also inspiring! From her book, ‘Wouldn’t Take Nothing for my Journey Now’.
Maya Angelou talks extensively about ‘A Day Away’, to rest and restore.
A Day Away
We often think that our affairs, great or small, must be tended continuously and in detail, or our world will disintegrate, and we will lose our places in the universe. That is not true, or if it is true, then our situations were so temporary that they would have collapsed anyway.
Once a year or so I give myself a day away.
On the eve of my absence, I begin to unwrap the bonds of which hold me in harness. I inform housemates, my family and close friends that I will not be reachable for twenty-four hours; then I disengage the telephone. I turn the radio dial to an all-music station, preferably one which plays the soothing golden oldies. I sit for at least an hour in a very hot tub; then I lay out my clothes in preparation for my morning escape, and knowing that nothing will disturb me, I sleep the sleep of the just.
On the morning, I wake naturally, for I have set no clock, nor informed my body timepiece when it should alarm. I dress in casual clothes and leave my house going no place.
If I live in a city, I wander streets window-shop, or gaze at buildings. I enter and leave public parks, libraries, the lobbies of skyscrapers and movie houses. I stay in no place for very long.
On the getaway day I try for amnesia. I do not want to know my name, where I live, or how many dire responsibilities on my shoulders. I detest encountering even the closest friend, for then I am reminded who I am, and the circumstances of my life, which I want to forget for a while. 
Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, lovers, family, employers and friends can exist one day with any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they could exist eternally in our absence.
Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops.
If we step away for a time, we are not, as many may think and some will accuse, being irresponsible, but rather we are preparing ourselves to more ably perform our duties and discharge our obligations.
When I return home, I am always surprised to find some questions I sought to evade had been answered and some entanglements I had hoped to flee had become unraveled in my absence.
A day away acts as a spring tonic. It can dispel rancor, transform indecision, and renew the spirit.
By Maya Angelou
~ My take-away? – Look after yourself; restore, rethink, and become invisible for a day! It’s okay to do this without guilt, remorse, or feeling inadequate.
Enjoy each day in your journey, Kathryn
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