I wanted to take the time to wish all of YOU a very Merry Christmas and an upcoming safe and Happy New Year. WOW…can you believe how the time has gone by in a blink? Life truly is like that you know and it is so important to cherish every moment, and really take in the meaning of things. We get so caught up in busy, busy, busy, that even relaxing has become a stressful event…WHAT???
Believe me, I used to be one of those busy people who felt that time was utilized for work and if I was not doing something productive every minute then I was wasting valuable time. This can really create a self- inflicted guilt trip that dares a person to even place their backside on the sofa for a minute…back then, it caused too much anxiety. So, I buzzed around like a bee all the time and I did not realize how much of life I was missing. I was too busy trying to make a living and not make a life. I truly thank God for my older, wiser, better self who has slowed the pace of my life down to a healthy balance and I can now see the world and everything all around me with much more clarity for many years now. It is absolutely awesome to take deep full breathes and not feel on edge about this and that, and let go of thing that really do not matter in the big scheme of life.
Lately, my husband and I have been surrounded by people in crisis through illness, death, and job loss. Our hearts have been touched, pained, and our knees bent in prayer for those that we care about. It is times like these that life does not make sense, and even can provide a fear and a desperate cry for protection of our lives, relationship, finances, and all things meaningful in this life. There is no amount of money that replaces a person, and that is when it is realized that all that busyness is for nothing. It is so important to have a heart of gratitude, and thankfulness because there are people out there who are praying for the very things that I/you/we have that are taken for granted. I know this sounds like heavy stuff, but it really is just a share of how important it is to realize how important life is…it is truly a GIFT and there are no guarantees of how long the gift of being here will last. I do know that taking care of this gift of life is what I am supposed to do, and taking care of my physical, nutritional, emotional and spiritual health are all a part of that plan. That is what I share with you here on the Blog…ME to MOTIVATE you, and if I have touched one person, inspired, encouraged, or helped in some way to better the quality of life for someone…then I have accomplished my goal.
As I sit here typing my thoughts to you, I wonder what you are thinking, feeling, and how your life is going? Are you caught up in “too busy” and not making time to take care of you, missing out on family and friend opportunities, not making a call to that person that has been on your mind, and other meaningful things that you think about but are pushed aside each day because that busy voice keeps taking over? We never want to be in a position of regret and saying, I wish I would have done this or that, because at that moment it is too late. Life is about taking those important things and doing them now. Tossing the “too busy card” is a necessity to have a healthy life and that is really what this post is about.
I understand the importance of work, but we all have the ability to create a healthy balance of life through choices, changes of priority, and our overall mindset of what we think and feel about life. My wish and gift to all of you this Christmas, is that you all step back and really allow yourself to relax and get into the moment, develop a heart of gratitude, see with the eyes of a child and play with such freedom of non-care that it is contagious, laugh until your belly hurts, and be REAL in your sharing with your spouse, family and friends. Adapt such a balanced, healthy lifestyle that everyone will be asking YOU what you are doing to get healthy, because it all starts between the ears and shines through with your actions. Take good care and Merry Christmas!
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Darla
