Part VI:
Remember that you’re human.
As I write this, it’s twilight at the farm, and my whole world is bathed in warm, pink light. I’m in the farmhouse kitchen, and my heart is so full. 
I’m overwhelmed with the beauty of this moment, with the relief that often washes over me when I remember how I used to feel (constant fight-or-flight mode, “stuck at ON,” physically/emotionally/mentally/spiritually burned out, living at far too fast a pace, teetering on the edge of depression, constantly anxious), and how thankful I am to be standing here today. 
As humans we’re created to crave beauty, and when we consistently put off “feeding” ourselves (with real and nourishing rest, with truly taking in the beauty that surrounds us), we will eventually cave to misery.

God knows our strengths, abilities, weaknesses and disabilities. He knows us better than we know ourselves.

Psalm 103:13-14
“As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. 
For he knows our frame;
he remembers that we are dust.”

I feed myself by reading God’s Word, and listening carefully to what it says. 
I feed myself by opening my eyes to beauty and actively looking for it in the world around me. 
I feed myself by investing time in a community of like-hearted brothers and sisters who build me up by genuinely sharing their lives.