Curiously, our time-hungry society has goaded us into less than healthy living patterns, where we eat fast foods and sugar-laden snacks, sleep less, exercise less, talk less and worry more about the mortgage, the children's schooling, depleting our reserves. This has caused many of us run on adrenalin - or speedy dissociation!
We know that this speedy dissociated lifestyle cannot last. If we are lucky, we can sustain better health if we buy a gym membership, take up yoga or even study meditation. But many of us just collapse on the sofa in front of the television, reaching for the anaesthetic of the TV.
There is a choice.
Real food, with energy.
Real face-to-face time with friends.
Real time with our child within, sitting quietly in the garden or in the park to enjoy some sunshine and fresh air.
We are human beings, not human doings. When we drop our addiction to dissociated action, to being busy and ‘achieving' We need to STOP just be - simply sit and breathe - we give our body a chance to heal and reset the balance of life.
One of life's challenges is to remain the ‘observer', one step removed from the hurly-burly. That extra space allows us the grace of a millimetre's distance to save us from getting over-involved and over-emotional. Seize our day and remember we are retaking charge of our life.
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