Pahinga is power
Often, we prepare ourselves for failure, but rarely for the weight of success. We have familiarity with how disappointments can leave us tired, discouraged, or lost. But success, too, can carry emotions we do not expect—the pressure to keep going, the fear of losing what we have achieved, or simply the exhaustion that comes after giving everything we have. The prophet Elijah from the book of Kings ( 1 Kings 19) knew this. After his great victory on Mount Carmel, we might expect to find him celebrating. Instead, we find him afraid, exhausted, alone, and ready to give up. Perhaps this is why there are moments when we need to move back, not because we have lost our way, but because we need space to find ourselves again. In Filipino, we call this pahinga . The root word hinga could mean 'to breathe' or 'breath'. And perhaps that is what rest truly gives us: a breathing space. A moment to stop carrying everything, to breathe again, and to remember that our wort...