Rest and Self-Pity

[Self-Pity - IV]

What’s the correlation between self-pity and exhaustion?
Self-pity and fatigue?
Self-pity and lack of sleep?

I find that I pity myself when I’m lying on the floor or slouched in a chair after a long day/week/month of heavy lifting.

There’s a quiet whisper inside self-pity. Sometimes silent and subliminal.

“Please rest."

I don’t think exhaustion causes self-pity. A lack of creativity does. And when the reserves of our creative problem solving, creative self-reflection, and creative ways of processing have run dry, we rely on the critical refrains of the “world" to problem solve, reflect, and process. And the collective voice of the “world" is usually critical, lacking appreciation, and unaware of nuance.

Rest literally replenishes our creative energy.
Rest awakens our self-appreciation.