Showing posts with label breathe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breathe. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

#SOL22 March Musings Day 22: A Shot of Inspiration Needed

Do you ever feel like you need a bit of inspiration to start-kick your day?  

Still recovering from the first cataract surgery and feeling scattered even before that, I need a BIG shot of inspiration to stay balanced.  Read through this laundry list of to-do items to understand why I need an inspirational remedy. 

  1. No Stretch and Pump or Gentle Yoga Classes
  2. No lifting more than 20 pounds
  3. No bending down with my head down
  4. Stick to the eye drop regime (3 boxes of drops: two must be inserted into the right eye 4xs per day and one every 2 hours plus rub a small amount of ointment in the surgery eye nightly )
  5. Continue to insert a drop of Restasis 2xs per day in the left eye
  6. Get ready for the reinstallation of one of the organizational racks that the installers did not install correctly
  7. Continue with routine life chores
  8. Find time for a daily walk
  9. Be ready for distractors
This laundry list of to-dos, especially #9, is tilting my perspective, BUT it is What It Is!

Remedy:

Open the shades
Let sunshine in
So hope flows
Into my soul
Self-care
Counts!
©CV, 2022, small poem


Breathe and you dwell in the here and now.
-Annabel Laity

Breathe In
Today
fill
the
soul
Today
find
quiet
peace
Today
Breathe In
©CV, 2022, skinny poem

NAMASTE!

Thank you Two Writing Teachers for this daily meeting place to connect with a community of reflective writers.

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Some Kind of Wonderful

It's Saturday morning. The sun is shining but the cold air smacks me in the face as I set off to drive to a daylong work assignment. The highway is clear but then again it is Saturday. I start to relax at the wheel taking in the sights until I reach a congested spot where drivers seem to be in a frenzy of motion. 


Two cars break my concentrations as they twist and turn down the highway but a song on the radio reminds me to take a breath and relax as before. Some Kind of Wonderful by the Drifters plays with a soft, melodic tone and I start reflecting on what is wonderful about the start of the day.


Recounting the some kind of wonderfuls helped me to forget any negativity on the road and life. I celebrate the some kind of wonderful feeling that allows me to capitalize on the positive aspects of my week. 

This has been a week of poetry in motion. 

Day 3 of Laura Shovan's #10FoundWords Project
Day 4 of Laura Shovan's #10FoundWords Project

I celebrate with Ruth Ayres tonight at Celebrate This Week. You will be interested by what Ruth has to say this week. It made me stop and reflect.