Strip.

We are expected to work at least 100,000 hours in our lifetime, sounds like a lot, right? You sleep a measly 5 hours and wake up to be bossed around by someone else for almost the whole day and then spend a majority of your week running errands, attending meetings, family functions, doctors appointments: if not for you then the kids, practices, games, cleaning whatever it is that's overdue, catching up with friends maybe, worrying about relationships, and basically chasing after a schedule that repeats itself. Its all very exhausting and we, as human beings, are not designed to carry out this kind of crazy fast-paced life. We lose sight of our selves….. We become disconnected from our spirits and the earth. It feels like we spend too much time running on a robotic battery that does fizzle out often and its difficult to recharge. My personal experience has been that this kind of “living” has created layers and layers of bottled up emotion, confusion, deteriorated health, and a loss of clarity. I cant even stay centered on one thought at a time. My mind is constantly racing and It’s too much ahead of my body. My thoughts are always distorted and I beat myself up when I can’t get things done right or on time. My being overwhelmed all the time has taken a huge toll on almost everything aspect of my life., and because I’m someone whos always striving for more, this can sometimes lead to horrific anxiety attacks and frequent illness. My goal for the New Year is to STRIP. I want to very slowly and carefully strip, strip every layer of stress away, strip each film of worry and burden, strip the weight off, strip the aged bandages of any emotional wounds, and strip all the bondages of suffocation and restriction. Most importantly, I need to strip my clothes off and take a good look at myself in the mirror, so that I can be reminded of who I am and how I feel about myself. You see, sometimes we become so lost that we don't know how to make the right decisions for ourselves and forget how to care for our mind and our heart. We're too busy for ourselves. How is it that we can manufacture our lives in such a way that diminishes our own quality of being? It doesn't have to be this way. If you’re reading this piece of my Blog and have made it this far, that means you took a little bit of your time to actually read something…I’m so happy you did. I hope it was somewhat helpful to you, inspiring, maybe even stimulating for your mind. Take care of yourself. Slow down. Say NO!…a lot. Meditate, remember to breath. Take a day off for yourself. Book a spontaneous trip. Fill up your tub with that bath water. Forget and let go. Give yourself love and time. I promise you, everything will be OK. Just strip…..