kept moving today
and the foot hurts but the spirit is good. there is such a line for me between falling into inactivity and giving myself the rest it needs. i am figuring it out, and tonight i will figure it out with an ice pack and an elevated foot. i did back off my standing yoga poses today when the foot said no more. i will tread more lightly tomorrow. Wednesdays are very active days for me and i hated to miss another.
in yoga i was really struck by this idea of self care and how, for me, self care feels like work or deprivation or just something else to be done. for some friends it is their priority - they wouldn’t think of doing anything other than what their body needed to feel better, be healthy, rest more, etc. so why don’t i feel like that? why don’t i truly want the health? why is self care a burden rather than just a part of my being? why, if i want to feel better don’t i take the steps to make that happen? and, i’m not actually talking about my foot here. i am talking about so much more…that rebellious person inside me, that overburdened poor me woman, that i can’t be bothered soul, that too afraid to try kid…what IS THAT? And why would things like restful sleep, nourishing water and eats, and time for baths/showers feel like work?
that’s a little f-ed up, you know? working on that stuff, still… 
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Debbie
You do deserve all those things like restful sleep, water, nourishing food, and time for baths and showers.
Never doubt your worth. Self care will be part of your life, and not a burden. I want it for you, we want it for you and we want you to want it for you.
Take care of your foot. Don’t worry if you miss a day of exercise, listen to what your body is telling you. Rest it, nourish it and care for it and well as exercise it. Feeling good is a way of life, not an obligation.
Your body is worth it and most of all YOU ARE WORTH IT.
Enjoy each day, life is what happens when we are busy making other plans.
I dont know girl..my personal opinion is that when we become a wife & mother, we forget what its like to be a woman or heck even a human being sometimes. We kinda have to learn to get back to our nature so to speak. Some days I feel guilty just for sitting down here or reading a book. Then I think, nahhhh I fill my day with other things now its my time. If I dont pamper and give my all to me, how can I do it for my family?!
You my dear are absolutely worth every moment you can spend on yourself and a whole lot more.
I think it comes with loving yourself more? I struggle with that too.
Hope your foot heals quick, when is your baby due?
Debbie, Debbbie, Debbie—OMG can I relate!! Sadly, but truly once again, I understand you only too well.
I agree…why is it that taking care of our bodies is such a task? One more thing on our already insane TO DO list? And why, why oh why, does it feel like such a chore? Still, for someone like me who dislikes anything domestic, cleaning the shower and vacuuming seem like better alternatives to WASTING TIME by taking a long and relaxing bath!! CRAZY, insane—I KNOW!!
I cringed when I read your comment on “poor me” and I think I had a lightbulb moment….what if, the reason we are so reluctant to take care of ourselves is because feeling sorry for ourselves has become the norm? And if this is true, don’t you think that is PATHETIC of us?
Anyhow, you gave me much, much food for thought and clearly, I thank you, specially because it’s calorie-free food and yet so nourishing for the mind and soul!
I also want to thank you for the comment you left on my last blog. I think you and a lot of the buddies are on to something…I need to take BABY STEPS an choose one thing each day to concentrate on. For me right now, my focus is on rekindling the love affair I had with exercise, my HOPE is that the rest will follow.
I am so glad to be back and to have you on my buddy list, you certainly always keep me on my toes!!
And speaking of toes and feet—rest up and feel better soon!