Peace, Dear Creator –
You and I convene again under the morning sun, another day to explore and experience.
I feel I have slept well the last couple nights, but just not long enough to start the morning feeling well-rested. Instead, like right now, I feel sluggish, lethargic, and heavy – and, my day is just beginning.
Feeling this way, I wonder how I can possibly be my creative, best self as I move through my day. I know that some of this lethargy will shake off as I get moving, and prepare for my day. Yet, I view it this way – when my battery is so depleted, any time I’m faced with any kind of challenge, I will not be capable of responding with my best highest self.
What I mean is that in each moment I can still give what is my best, within that moment; but, I believe the depth and fullness I can reach today is diminished, is less than my full potential, because of my fatigue and depleted spirit.
This is real life; this is what happens. Our energy and spirit ebb and flow – as we tap into them, using and expending them; and then, as we hopefully, necessarily recharge them.
This is also what I mean when I discuss self-care. Often, the struggles we face in our life result from the path we pick, the meandering, circuitous route we create with our less-than highest self, because we made other choices that consistently left us drained.
I think of how much of my life I’ve lived with a drained spirit; how often I’ve felt this stress and fatigue so early in the morning, already thinking I’m not full; I’m not enough.
Tending to ourselves and recharging our spirit enables us to make best choices, which connects us with the downriver flow of Life; making things simpler and easier. When we are full, we bring our highest self to our life, then offering our best to everything and everybody. But, each time, it depletes us, and we need to again rest and recharge.
Please consider Today’s Prompt:
Track Your Rest—
For the next week, track your rest. Each morning, when you rise, record how rested you feel on a scale of 0-5.
5—slept deeply and soundly through the night, woke feeling fully rested and recharged.
4—slept deeply and soundly most of the night, woke feeling well-rested and mostly recharged.
3—slept most of the night, but somewhat restlessly or with interruption; woke still feeling tired.
2—slept restlessly, awake for part of the night, woke already feeling a little drained.
1—didn’t get much sleep at all, woke feeling empty and drained.
0—didn’t sleep at all, woke exhausted.
Because I want to bring my best to my life, I want to practice more self-care. Thanks for the reminder, Dear Guides!
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