Monday, May 17, 2010

What Gives in Your Routine When Life Happens

You never know, things happen sometimes very suddenly, sometimes gradually. Your everyday regular life and routine can become a mess. Yep I said it a MESS. Disruptions, upsets, illness, surgery, happy occasions, bad scheduling, traffic, accidents just general stuff can may if even more difficult to stick to the routine...exercise, eating healthy, getting rest.

I am speaking from experience. Recently I have had a lot of life (and death) get in my way. My sweet kitty and treasured friend of a dog died within one month of each other. Now that sucks and it is so not fair. Then in the middle of all this emotional upset I had a horrible, indescribable, completely draining stomach flu and then I through in a little knee surgery for good measure.

What happened in my life could not have been prevented. But with the drama in my life it took heroic efforts to want to move my body to exercise and think about taking care of myself. Some times after I was recovered from the stomach flu the movement would help my mind clear.

My message this week is something I learned through all of this, doing something positive created a positive reaction in my feelings. It helped if I did one thing, even something small and seemly insignificant for myself. The energy from this created a positive impact on the rest of my day and I was able to heal.

Doing something positive for yourself in the middle of what ever chaos is happening in your life can help you get through it much better.

So, take a nap, have a healthy snack, go for a walk, soak in the tub, even sit back for five minutes and close your eyes and free your mind. Create something positive for yourself and it will come back to you in a positive way.

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