For a very long time I didn't know what it meant to have "self care".
Then I was slapped in the face with life.
My breathe was taken away and I gasped, I felt like I was going under the surface and not coming back.
Often I come across blogs with young women as writers.
They are having seminars and retreats for women on "self care".
I would love to be part of their seminars and retreats and just play for awhile with them.
They are certainly alot more aware than I was at a younger age.
I guess I am a slow learner, but having the breathe sucked from my soul
I LEARNED.
1. I grabbed every self help book I could find, hanging out for hours at the bookstore.
I knew which bookstores had comfy chairs.
2. I devoured everything I could get my hands on.
3. I had an open heart to search for the answers.
4. I wrote in a journal regularly.
5. I talked to a close friend or two.
6. I found a group that could support me in sharing my story.
7. I prayed.
8. And I learned to delight in the small things of life.
Finally, I came out on the other side and could breathe again.
I don't teach seminars or lead retreats, I guess those are for the young;
but I often ask you questions in my blog posts.
Questions I hope you take to heart and think on.
You might think my blog is just to feel good and I hope it does that for you;
but there is so much more I want you to think on for yourself.
Then take to your heart and delight in each day.
What is delighting you today?
What is helping you breathe?
For me just remembering walking on this beach just a few days ago delights me.
The waters now soothe me, replenish me.
I no longer feel like I am sinking below the surface.
I have become a stronger woman.
I wish for each of you strength for each day,
delight, and an opportunity to dance in the sunshine or the rain.
Happy weekend, dear friends!
Then I was slapped in the face with life.
My breathe was taken away and I gasped, I felt like I was going under the surface and not coming back.
Often I come across blogs with young women as writers.
They are having seminars and retreats for women on "self care".
I would love to be part of their seminars and retreats and just play for awhile with them.
They are certainly alot more aware than I was at a younger age.
I guess I am a slow learner, but having the breathe sucked from my soul
I LEARNED.
1. I grabbed every self help book I could find, hanging out for hours at the bookstore.
I knew which bookstores had comfy chairs.
2. I devoured everything I could get my hands on.
3. I had an open heart to search for the answers.
4. I wrote in a journal regularly.
5. I talked to a close friend or two.
6. I found a group that could support me in sharing my story.
7. I prayed.
8. And I learned to delight in the small things of life.
Finally, I came out on the other side and could breathe again.
I don't teach seminars or lead retreats, I guess those are for the young;
but I often ask you questions in my blog posts.
Questions I hope you take to heart and think on.
You might think my blog is just to feel good and I hope it does that for you;
but there is so much more I want you to think on for yourself.
Then take to your heart and delight in each day.
What is delighting you today?
What is helping you breathe?
For me just remembering walking on this beach just a few days ago delights me.
The waters now soothe me, replenish me.
I no longer feel like I am sinking below the surface.
I have become a stronger woman.
I wish for each of you strength for each day,
delight, and an opportunity to dance in the sunshine or the rain.
Happy weekend, dear friends!