“We should endeavor to follow the rule of moderation, avoiding the excesses of both luxury and physical abuse, so our bodies are not ruined by either obesity or starvation in following the commandments. For both extremes can do equal harm, and so we must avoid letting our body get out of control by a life of ease, and abusing it so that it is made weak and unresponsive. For in both these states the soul is deprived of the time to look with freedom upon high things.”
Basil the Great (c. 329-379), bishop of Caesarea and one of the Doctors of the Church, as recounted in The Quotable Saint ed. by R. E. Guiley (New York, 2002) 178.
What a gift to rest and enjoy moderation with regard to work! I pray you too are having a refreshing weekend.
I also pray that the moderation or “simplicity” of Jesus, the first disciples, and saints like Basil inspires each of us to find our groove with regard to moderation, so that we are not so captivated with the things of earth that we miss the things of God.