Slowing down & honouring self! It can be one of the more challenging things to "do"....or not do! Because our society is so much about go-go-go, do-do-do, push-push-push. We have trained ourselves to run ourselves to the ground....which then requires us to stop in our tracks for a few days and then we start the cycle all over again. And we've expected others to push as much or as hard as we do : (
I've witnessed this in myself more times than I can count....and each time I say to myself, "Gosh, that is intense...I'm not going to do that again. This next round I'm really going to honour myself, create time each day for me to just be and rest so that the crash doesn't come." And then somehow I find myself months later repeating the entire cycle. What the heck?!
I had to SLOW DOWN - with the heat, my growing baby-belly, and carrying twins....sooooooo different than carrying just one baby! It got me thinking about where this pattern comes from and why it's sometimes so hard to break....Then I witnessed it in my parents when we were home a few weeks ago.....Fully moved into their new custom-built retirement home on the water....a view that is breath-taking....no need to run around or run a business....and they could NOT sit still for a moment. Always on the go. Always doing something. Always on to the next thing.
I then noticed this same pattern in our neighbors, with clients and the world around.....people are so busy busying themselves....or trying to micro-manage other's time.....that there remains very little space to just be and honour the self with a little R&R, put your feet up, trust that the world will not fall apart if you slow down....and just let go......
Carving out time for ourselves (and respecting other people's time to slow down as well) to surrender into the calm, the breath, the creative, the restorative side of life.....is really about self-respect, self-worth, self-value, self-love. When we make this area of life a priority....we get to reinforce within ourselves that we love ourselves (and others)....we honour ourselves (and others)....and we will care for this incredible life and body that was given! This then sends a powerful message out into the cosmos, which returns to us quickly increased life flow, health, vitality, abundance, goodness, ease and Soul-flow!
In this moment I choose to honour myself! I choose to create and carve out DAILY self-care, self love and slow it all down! I choose to value life (all of life) and take the pressure of myself and others to perform, to push harder, and to do more. I choose to breathe more. I let go of the reins.....I surrender.....I trust!
If this message resonates with you....what do you choose to create in your daily life? What subtle or big shifts can you make that will honour the amazing, divine, beautiful being that you are?
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