Comments on: Staring into Space

By: liz elayne

liz elayne — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:39:34 +0000

I have come back to this a couple of times this week…I need to read it and reread it. Thank you for the reminder that doing enough is…enough.

By: la vie en rose

la vie en rose — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:59:02 +0000

and it will be enough. sometimes we just have to stop and listen to our bodies. i had one of those moments monday morning. i was 3 hours late to work because my body just needed some extra time to rest and chill out.

By: wynlen

wynlen — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:03:32 +0000

I can relate to this. I know how it’s like to feel guilty for taking breaks or having slow days. But some days are not meant to be productive I guess. Good to hear your guilt voice is loosing today.

By: penelope

penelope — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:17:29 +0000

I so hear you on that, miss.

By: kelly

kelly — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:11:27 +0000

you just need to relax and it will come. go have a spa day. probably just built up tension. by the way…your gale winds are now in central indiana. i watched skinny jr. high boys trying to makeit to their parents cars tonight as i waited for gabe to get out of swim practice. there is debris everywhere!

By: christine

christine — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:46:31 +0000

i’m awful at sitting still. when i’m sick and i know i should just stay in bed all day, i think of a million things to do first, and then all of a sudden the day is over! maybe we need to schedule a play date soon?

By: kat

kat — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:38:06 +0000

i understand that feeling of guilt while doing nothing. but yeah, your body is telling you something. travel can take a toll on your body, so be very gentle and treat yourself especially well. your body will thank you later.

By: Enid

Enid — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:35:42 +0000

I know that you probably have lots to do and things you want to do, but sometimes you need to take a breather. You are entitled to days of nothing, so that you can have days of utter brilliance and creativity.

By: pixie

pixie — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:50:00 +0000

can you set your goal just to breathe today? that would be easy and you wouldn’t feel bad!
i love you. please take good care of yourself and don’t be so hard on you. or you’ll have to contend with ME, ya hear?

By: Leonie

Leonie — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:29:08 +0000

i so understand this. sometimes my body just says – yup, that ain’t happening today.
i returned from holidays, ready to start the new year, and all my body wanted me to do for three days was just sit and incubate and watch tv movies. it surprised me so much – i can usually barely watch tv, much less spend three days with it. but when i tried to do anything on my to do list – it just didn’t happen. it felt like i was forcing something very unnaturally.
so i let it be. surrender and release. and the tide came back. the energy returned. but only when i learned to listen to my body.
i wrote about it here…
http://www.leonielife.com/journal/2006/01/turn-of-year.html
blessings to you,
leonie