Many people have been feeling overwhelmed by life – the busy-ness of it all with the onslaught of emails, texts, notifications, ads for junk we don’t need and how we can do better, be better, live better, blah blah blah.
STOP.
We’ve begun to live like on-call emergency personnel with this 24-7 connection through technology – except most people don’t take several days off after being on-call day after day.
STOP.
No wonder so many people have been feeling sick, stressed out, anxious and exhausted.
STOP.
No wonder so many people have been killing themselves through suicide, drugs, alcohol, work, fill-in-the-blank self-abuse and self-harm.
STOP.
We do not have to live like that.
STOP.
We can give ourselves a break.
STOP.
The world will not fall apart if we are not running at breakneck speed in contact 24-7.
STOP.
We each get to choose to be kind to ourselves.
STOP.
We can speak up for what we truly need.
STOP.
Ask yourself, What do I really need?
STOP.
It’s easy to forget in a world of millions of choices so here are some simple reminders.
STOP.
We are just like flowers.
We need safe shelter.
We need peace and quiet.
We need plenty of rest to recharge.
We need warmth and plenty of sunlight.
We need plenty of clean water.
We need healthy nourishment.
We need to connect, have intimate relationships with family and friends, to give love and receive love.
So before jumping on a smartphone, before waiting for someone else to love and take care of you, before worrying about how you can work more to pay for a bunch of stuff you don’t really need that doesn’t really matter to impress people who are not important in your life, STOP.
Turn off the damn phone.
Or set it to “do not disturb” or put it on airplane mode.
Start with a few minutes here and there.
Give your lovely brain A BREAK.
You will survive.
Your friends and family can live without you for a little while.
Take a nap.
Get a perspective check in nature.
Give yourself some peace and quiet.
Take some time for YOU.
You must CHOOSE YOU first.
If you don’t know how to do it for yourself, be open to help until you can do it for yourself.
Think of it as training wheels.
You’ll get there.
REMEMBER: Peace begins with ME.
We need to be kind and loving to ourselves first and take care of our basic needs.
We need to put on the oxygen mask ourselves before we can truly be of service to our families, to our friends, to our work, to whatever.
Be kind to you.
Be gentle.
You are worth it.
You matter.
The world needs you.
You are full of beauty.
You are a steel magnolia.
You are strong AND you don’t need to do it all yourself.
It’s no accident you are here.
You are here for a reason.
Love on you.
Be open to help.
May you be happy.
May you be safe.
May you be healthy.
May you be at peace.
May you shine.
❤️
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