Relationship between work and rest

Excellent John Stanford emailing today:

"C. S. Lewis said that he never wrote a book without using ideas from
19th-century author George Macdonald. (Quite a recommendation...)

Over a century ago Macdonald penned an imaginary conversation about
the relationship between work and rest. Here it is, slightly
modernized:

The concern that's filling your mind at this instant -- the need
that's not a need -- is a demon draining your soul.
> No, mine is a reasonable, unavoidable concern.
Is it something you have to do at this instant?
> No.
Then you're allowing it to usurp something that's required of you at
this instant.
> What's that?
Trust in the living God.
> I do trust Him in spiritual things.
Everything is a spiritual thing.

Coffee thought: When I trust God to provide for my practical needs,
it pleases him more than anything else (even more than "ministry" I do
in his name)."

-- John Stanford

While not a Christian, David Allen has done the best work I've seen on managing workflow, no matter what your occupation.