Have you ever felt rushed? Or pushed too soon?
I do quite frequently….unless I have a plan….and relax...
Ideas and thoughts seem to start as a warm whisper, and then suddenly it’s shouted through a megaphone!
"Get to it!!" It says…or even worse, the guilt says “now, why didn’t you do that”
We certainly cannot do it all or please everyone (believe me I try), but this revelation hadn’t come until just this year….always trying to please others and forgetting myself….and like I have said before, I firmly believe one of the worst traits someone can have is being selfish…so….
Take for example your time alone….oh — you like it – it makes you feel good – and then you keep wanting that quiet time…hey — that’s fine if you don’t have children, but if you DO, then you know that quiet time is coveted like that chocolate biscotti and coffee moment…..
to breathe deeply….
Yes, we all need that.
None of us like being lonely…..thus, why blogs are so very popular…..we can feel connected in a secure way….while getting some fantastic ideas!
What am I trying to get at here?
Just don’t forget to take care of what is important in your life….your soul mate (husband or wife) is first, and then your kids….
Don’t lose yourself within….try to keep it real and healthy….and if you feel like your grip on who you are is slipping, or that you have fallen and you just don’t know how to get up…keep looking…or better yet, meditate outside on that grassy knoll…create that private meditation spot that is for you, created by you
(kind of like your ‘outside blog’….)
Others will eventually find it, that private spot, and they might even bring you a bunch of flowers to set at that little table you have set out…..or play their guitar while they perch themselves on a nearby fallen tree….plan a picnic with you on an old quilt…..others will contribute to your place, but it is still yours….like your life….it belongs to you…..only you…..
but let others enjoy it….
Shoot girl (like my mother in law would say)…..
take them by the hand to your spot and show them what you have created….not to show off, but for them to enjoy it, for you to listen to them ….….see how you can help them...
they won't shout
they won't plead
sometimes they don't even have a voice
... A Warm Whisper...
“but I don’t know where to look” you say ……..
Do you hear that warm whisper somewhere ?
Take it from me — it is outside
