Just a Moment...

Wishing a happy equinox to you; may the coming season bring all that you need, be it moments of calm, smiles and laughter, things flowing smoothy and surprisingly well, a holiday, good work, enjoyable experiences with family, friends and furbabies, and anything else...

Just a Moment

My first instinct was to apologise for only sending the first pic of the year three months in, and then I thought about how it both saddens and annoys me that, so often, so many of us apologise for being affected by things that affect us and keep us from being able to do all the things we used to or that we'd like to do or that others expect of us. (Or what we believe others expect of us.) We "should on ourselves' way to much, methinks, when it's much healthier, not to mention less energy sapping, to simply do our best each day — bearing in mind that some days our best might well include the capacity to climb a mountain, while on others taking a rest day to replenish is really doing our best. (And yet, in our current over-driven society, the latter is ironically the harder thing to do!).

Many of us learn from a young age to always put others before ourselves, and as we grow older our society drums in the idea that work needs to be prioritised (often at great cost to other aspects of our lives), which just serves to leave many of us exhaused - not only tired, but drained, depleted, finished: hollow shells with empty purpose. As a collective swept up in the demands of our society, we have, I firmly believe, well and truely lost the overarching plot.

Although I've realised this for ages, it's taken me years to gradually act on the notion that, rather than "shoulding myself" to meet expectations (both mine and others'), I not only need to unapologetically slow down and do less with more ease to match my body's capacity and capabilities — regardless of what I'd like to do, or what I think I ought to be able to do (or worse, what I think Other People believe I ought to do) — but to also be very selective about what I prioritise. For me, over the past while, this has meant just doing the very basic necessities and balancing those with activities (or restivities) that nourish and replenish. I'm still perfecting my practice, but I am getting much better at not feeling guilty about, for example, going to bathe in the sea instead of, say, sending out a pic of the ... er ... I guess "week" is more of a stretch than ever! (Hence the edited tag line at the top.)

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this calm view as much as I did, and I hope you receive a little inspiration from it - literally a breathspace moment!

With warmth and love,
Andrea