Shorter

I am walking a little shorter these days,

As the weight of the world on my shoulders

pushes me into the ground.

I feel I can not walk up straight and tall.

I walk a little shorter each day,

As this weight consumes me.

I feel it in my every joint and muscle.

This weight that makes me walk a little shorter than I am.

As I breath in and out,

Concentrating on nothing.

Searching for clam and peace.

I let a breath out,

and feel my shoulders lift.

I take air in,

And on the out my shoulders lift a little more.

In disbelief I try again,

And feel some weight follow the air

on it's journey out of my body.

Today I walk a little taller.

A little straighter.

A little calmer.

A little more at peace.

Month of love

It's the month of love. The month where you spoil someone special.

Well I am herewith staging a formal protest. I totally disagree with this practice. It makes those who don't have someone special feel even more lousy than they did before February came along and splattered hearts all over the place.

I put forward a new strategy for this "month of love!"


Love yourself!!!!!
 

There are a lot of us out there who need to show more love to ourselves. Whether single or not.
We put ourselves last.
We criticize ourselves way more than anyone else - normally in jest, to hide pain. 
We are much harder on ourselves - finding fault where we would not in others.


Find the love of your life this month, within yourself. Be kind and gentle with you. Yes, you are a human and make mistakes. Get up, dust yourself off, give yourself a big hug. If need be give yourself a gentle wrap over the knuckles for your stupidity.  Then look in the mirror and tell your reflection, "I love you!" This takes a while before it feels comfortable, but just do it every day.


There is a saying that nobody can do a better job than you yourself. Then love yourself like nobody else can!

Do something that you enjoy, not necessarily something that suits everyone else. But remember that loving yourself also means looking after yourself.

Checking in

Are the broccoli and celery sticks rotting at the back of the fridge? Has the chaos of back to school and back to work taken over?

 

So how is the last year of your life, or the last year of your life as you know it going? Or is the end of days just mumbo-jumbo hype that has passed by so many times already? Whatever you believe, I hope you're having a fantastic year up to now.

Have you remembered to ask for help? Or are you so consumed by your problems that you've forgotten? Are you trying to figure out how to fix it? Have you lost your belief? Are you still struggling with whether you deserve the help?

You do!

Stop doubting yourself. Start loving yourself and living a great life. If you haven't stuck to resolutions, made in-roads on your goals, don't beat yourself up about it. Start today!

Forget yesterday. There is only today and what you do with it. Stop worrying about the how of the solution. Put your problem out there and wait for the how to come to you.

While waiting, live, love and believe.