Fresh Thoughts for Your Monday: Take Care of You

Life gets so busy. We feel we have to move faster. We feel we have to do more in the time we have. We feel we have to move in multiple directions at once. We’re called to take care of others—our families, our work. Everyone and everything are tugging at our time, energy and attention.

What results is multitasking, which is really just another way of saying that you’re doing too much and not giving your full attention to any of it.

Stop! It’s time to stop that unhealthy cycle. It’s time to take care of you.

Today, trust in yourself to adopt the practices that will make you feel whole, calm and filled with good energy.

How do you do that? Make yourself a priority. Make time to relax. Make time to exercise. Make time to eat well. Make time to do just one thing at a time. Make time to simply be. Make time to refill your energy well.

Take care of you. Make time.

Saturday Night Dance Party

I am faithful at exercising, for it makes me feel healthier and stronger.  I especially love to be outside, taking a long walk. At this time of year, however, I don't get outside as much as I'd like except to bundle up and scoot as fast as I can to and from my car.  By early March, I can't wait for the weather to cooperate so I can walk outside.  Throughout the winter, I exercise indoors.  It's OK, but it gets a tad boring.  With the addition of the converter boxes on our ancient televisions, we now get channels we hadn't received before, including a series of music channels.  One Saturday evening, while spinning around the dial, I landed on a few that provided music from the 1960s and 1970s.  Pretty soon, I couldn't stop myself.  I was out of the comfort of my big leather chair and dancing to the music.  Now, when I'm bored with my indoor exercise routine, I simply flip on one of the channels and start dancing.  A little music, a little dance makes the time fly by.  Now, every night can be a Saturday Night Dance Party.