I am the first to admit that I love sleep. I will sacrifice any part of the morning in order to spend just a few more minutes in bed. However I am starting to see that this is not really all that beneficial to me.
My work and life have always been hectic. I guess I make it that way. Unusual hours and days with no routine used to feel liberating from the 9-5 but now I actually feel a little bit restricted with all the "stuff" I "need" to do.
This morning I tried something different. I got up, made a fruit salad and set it aside. Then I turned on a tape of Wai Lana Yoga. (Yes. I still have a VCR.) Just 30 minutes of stretching and I felt better already! Now I was feeling ambitious and turned on one of the Chopra Center's Agni Meditations. Only 16 minutes. Before I could only hear the sound of my own mind running in circles. Now I can see the sunshine and hear the birds singing as I read the Daily Devotional.
Then I showered and got ready for the day. Now I sit at my computer with my coffee and fruit salad and I feel alert but calm.
My biggest struggle lately is the panic over time. I start to see time as an illusion when I am out enjoying myself and time seems to go by really fast. But when I am waiting on information or people it seems to drag. So it must be all to do with my perception, right?
So I will go out in the world and see what kind of a day I have with this wonderful start. I tend to not make time for myself as there always seem to be "more important" things to be doing. But really, there is nothing more important than nurturing yourself. Depriving myself of things that are good for me only says that everything else (but me) is important.
Time to get selfish! That's the only way I will have anything to give back!
This little guy was crossing the street this morning.
Maybe there is something to this slow-and-steady idea...
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