break neck speed

My prayer these past couple of nights with the kids is that God would just give us hearts that are calm. Not sure if you know what I am talking about but there is just that feeling that nothing is settled. It's like driving down the road with the windows open. Sure the air feels great on your face but the wind is about blow absolutely everything in the car out the window. Break neck speed is great to talk about, break neck speed is cool, it's edgy, it will also...break your neck and wreck your emotional shell if you allow it to go on too long without a...break. I don't mean a vacation or just a few hours alone, although they help and certainly can alleviate the pressure to some extent. I am talking about real deep and soul refreshing rest. The kind of active rest that can stand ritght in the midst of the chaos and be completely detacthed from it. The wind and fire swirl all around and yet in the midst you are cool and still. This is really not a circumstance because circumstances are relative. A night out at Sullivan's or a day at the spa may be totally relaxing, unless you're poor and it takes you a months pay to do it. A night out at the House of Blues listening to local jazz bands may bring down your level of stress, unless you wind up next to a group that's had a few too many. Circumstances are relative. This rest is not.It's more than a state of mind. My mind is capable of quite alot, though some say it's used for very little. My mind can convince me of anything I want but even worse my mind is extremely prone to distraction and even on occasion known to be wrong. If I quiet my mind only, I have nothing to anchor myself in, in order to come to a level of soul refreshing rest I must first let go of myself and then to sustain it I must allow myself to be filled up with something greater than myself. The only way I now to attain and sustain soul refreshing rest is to allow my heart to be cleansed, repaired, and restored. The break neck pace my life seems to gravitate toward is not going to go away, it's just not going to be the one in control.