You cannot Amazon Prime your soul into rest

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]We have mattresses that are designed by scientists.

[00:00:04]We have pillows that are made to fit the contours of our necks.

[00:00:09]We have watches that tell us how stressed out we are. And when it beeps that we're stressed, what does it do?

[00:00:15]Just makes you more stressed, right? We have noise machines, breathing apps, sleep gummies, calming teas, and yet none of us sleep, do we?

[00:00:27]We have entire sections in Target identified as self-care sections of the store, right? And yet we're all still exhausted.

[00:00:38]We have more conveniences than any generation that has come before us, and somehow, and we all know this, we have less peace.

[00:00:46]We have mastered comfort, but many of us do not know how to rest. Why? Why is that?

[00:00:53]It's because peace and contentment cannot be externally manufactured.

[00:00:58]That's why.

[00:00:59]And we know this even though we still try it in our American context, don't we? I mean, think about the culture in which we live. Our culture is rooted in in this desire of discontentment. That's the American culture. It has taught us to be discontent.

[00:01:19]Listen, you can't buy peace. You cannot schedule peace. You cannot Amazon Prime your soul in the rest.