Wake up in the morning with a fresh start and give thanks for the day ahead. Take a few minutes and read or listen to something that enlivens you (this does not include the news!). Take it easy on yourself and take time to watch those beautiful flowers and listen to the birds chirping.
Like planting a seed in a garden, your soul also needs nourishment and tending to grow and survive. Is this the day you take a drive to one of your favorite places? Spend a few extra minutes in your garden? Turning on music that makes you dance?
Amid the turbulence, do you find yourself so paralyzed that you cannot raise your hand for help? Perhaps you’re assuming that others will surely see your intention and your needs without making it ‘perfectly clear’? Or perhaps more often the case, ashamed that you ‘need’ to ask?
The unpredictability of caregiving can set us up to be on our toes for what might come next, but when we find ourselves in a bit of overwhelm, the small things can start adding up. Before we know it, the little things have become issues to be reconciled.
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Part of the ebb and flow of life comes from the good and the bad that happen, and the more that we can self-knowledge, the better. I noticed a sign in an office that stuck with me; “If you are injured on the job, you must immediately report your injury to your employer.” I wonder how many times we are injured emotionally in our caregiver roles and don’t validate it to ourselves?
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