Non-Mandatory Slow Down: Good Stuff

I’ve been go-go-going for several months.  There was definitely some good in that going but a lot of it felt anxious and like I was running a race that didn’t have a finish line.  The cool thing about life, and the body, is that it really won’t allow you to do that indefinitely. 

I have been experiencing a mandatory body slow down in the form of a summer flu.  I have been experiencing it over the last two weeks and even though I don’t feel great some really great things are coming out of it.  In an act of resisting the slow down – I cleaned the house, got rid of a bunch of things I don’t want to wear anymore, I’ve made dinner, and I’ve written cards to my good friends. Oh, and I've done a bunch of reading!  I also went thru a box of old photos and found lots of fun memories of a friend that recently passed. 

Somehow, even though I’m sick, I’ve re-connected with myself.  My creative self.  My inspired self.  My self that realizes I don’t have to be doing quite so much.  I don’t wish being sick on anyone.  But what I do recommend is a mandatory or non-mandatory slow down.  It is good for the self.