Oct 11, 2007

Good Morning Headache!

The fast pace of life can be overwhelming at times....
Especially the time between Sept. and through Christmas to the end of the year...
Add to that mix....births of babies in the family....weddings....long-planned-for travel......guests in the home......and just normal daily living.....
'Tis no wonder that I awoke with a 'headache' this morning......
Stress....plain ole fast-paced stress.....is the known villain!
Then, again, maybe having my 2nd cup of 'morning coffee'
will take care of the headache...
At any rate, it is a 'good' headache if there is ever 'sucha thang'!
Too much of anything is......too much.....
Time to STOP, smell the roses or fresh cut grass, unwind and just choose to participate in what
Walt Whitman calls 'The art of...non-doing' .....
I have, almost, forgotten HOW!
Tranquility at the beach which is 5 minutes from my house, listening to birds sing joyfully, waking up at the river on our Milagro boat, taking a slow stroll through the Carillon nature walk, or just lying quietly on a float in the pool are things that I have not done in .....months!
'Tis no wonder that a headache appears out of nowhere and
vies for my attention...
It is time to....unwind!
My way of doing this is in.....aloneness.
Getting apart from life's normal activites, being alone and separate from others that I love to death, and choosing moments of time that are tranquil and serene.
This is my Rx for today....
God knows I NEED it.....
In Matthew 6, Jesus speaks of this....."So don't 'worry' about things...Will all your worries add a single moment to your life? Don't be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time."
Good advice.....and a timely Rx for my 'good morning headache'.....

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