I did too much.
I got overwhelmed.
I stopped taking care of myself.
I got sick.
I should know better, right? I should have taken better care of myself, right? I should keep beating up on myself, right?
Bull should.
No matter what we do, how many self-care practices we have, or how enlightened we are, sometimes life just goes BOOM and we get caught in the fallout.
Sick visiting family, sick children, a very full week of nonnegotiable business and personal responsibilities all added up to BOOM for me.
I’ll bet you’ve had your version of BOOM….what was it?
And, yes, I know there are some people who look like they sail through BOOM unruffled. Sometimes I wonder if they’re just better at keeping the mask on than I am.
Do I think my cold is a message from the Universe? A long-awaited lesson? A cosmic head-slap to get me to slow down, do a better job, be more mindful? No, not really.
We do the best we can in the midst of BOOM and sometimes what we’re left with is just a gloriously achey, sneezy, feverish experience.
I’ll rest. I’ll get better.
No angst necessary.
Anyway, I have a hard time believing that Source needs to use mucus to make a point.
Oh, sometimes those boom’s are a way for me to really sit down and relax.
There are times my body screamed too and I didn’t listen.
There are times I listened but still got sick…
I agree, the words “should” makes me feel like I did something wrong.. I totally TRY not to say it anymore.. but I slip.
There are people in my life who get up from a BOOM and walk away, and those that crash..
No matter who, what, where, I just try to do my best and listen to my body.. Its the only thing we can do..
Our best..
Love to you Tracie.
So true Kim. So true.
I’m so glad you listen to your body. Many don’t — at all. And then BOOM happens lots more often.
Love to you, too. …
Tracie … I so enjoy your calm Spirit and gentle seeing … glad I found you at the fan page exchange … “stuff” happens … I used to beat myself up and analyze analyze analyze … who? what? why? … now whether I find my self in the midst of an art show facing 15,000 attendees or in a hospital emergency room or playing with my grandbaby, I am more and more drawn to my on-going mantra “I and my Father are one” … oneness with the Source and the understanding of the nature of that Source … years of reading about the image and likeness of God in which we’re made and continuing to fall apart whenever “anna’s world was disturbed (and there have been many booms) … I always wanted to find that which is changeless … unconditioned Awareness beyond all the conditioning and superimposed beliefs … stuff happens in this changing world of appearances … but there is a capacity within us to understand and cope … I’m not resisting quite as much and trying to lighten up … “angels can fly because they take themselves so lightly” … much love and light to all on their journey … xoxo
Anna… lovely to have your heart here. Yes, keeping that oneness in mind and heart does keep things in perspective, doesn’t it. And certainly when we take ourselves lightly, we can fly.
I felt the nudge to write this because I think there are so many of us who keep “shoulding” on ourselves unnecessarily, and it’s good to be reminded that it’s not kind or helpful to keep doing it.
Blessings of love an light to you too!