It seems nowadays that so often we fill our days with things to keep us busy, stiff schedules of one even right after another. I am one of the worst with it to where I get to the point that I ultimately collapse at the end of the day and my body never really relaxes. Today my task is to learn to relax.
Sure this task sounds easy...maybe even like a push over task. But it's not. When you are used to being on the go and filling your day with as much stuff as I often do you start to break down physically. Like flowers that bloom in the spring, they need down time during the winter...a dormancy of sorts...in order to bloom and grow in the spring and summer again. As humans we require much the same.
I noticed that I have been pushing myself alot lately. Pushing myself to get alot of things accomplished and alot of things done. Yet, I would tire myself out so much that when I finally got to sit down I would be drained. Even sleeping didn't help as I'd see myself more tired in the morning. My body would hurt more, I found myself biting at people, and even my digestive track, in the form of heartburn each night, would warn me to slow down. So...it's time I listen.
Why do I fill my days up with so many things and don't take time to just sit around and smell the flowers (figuratively) or to enjoy life? Because I so often think that it is expected of me...or that I have to keep up with everyone. In the process I lose site of who I am as a person and I try to "fit in" or be like everyone else. When we have the opportunity to relax we can reflect and regrow and be the people that we are intended to be.
So...today I will be relaxing. I will do whatever I want today that gives me life, enjoyment, strength and peace. Today is about me.
So just sit back and relax and enjoy today.
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