Happy Earth Day Mama Earth....I promise to continue to be a steward of care and compassion for you and to continue to work toward your good health.
Speaking of good health: I had to have some medical tests done today, nothing serious, just taking care of the old machinery....I had to have all these tests done at my local hospital. I had a little time in between appointments and, while I had a book to read, (Eat, Pray, Love: fantastic book) I decided to people watch instead. A lot of people don't like hospitals: they're places of fear and worry and anxiety and loss for so many people. I was watching the rooms fill up with people, coming and going, more crowds and less staff all trying to do their best at keeping everyone happy. Now there's a job I do not want to do...I love being a lifestyle leadership coach and I sure appreciate the work that those people in the hospital do. When I was a kid I used to take things really seriously: I cried at movies where someone was getting hurt, I'd cry when I read a book that was sad, I would be the kid who would go sit with the new kid or the ostracized kid because I sensed the unhappiness from them. I did not understand the feelings and it drove me crazy. As I grew older I realized that I am a person who understands my energy, who takes on the energy of others, (we all have the ability) and I had to learn how to manage the energies coming at me, how to take them in and do something positive with them.
Today when I was at the hospital there were so many people who needed care, so many people who were afraid of what might happen, so many people who were unsure of what they were up against...The fear was so palatable I didn't know what to do with it..so I just started wishing well, in my heart, to each person in that room. I wished for them a chance to realize how important each day/moment is to each and every one of us.
I'm lucky and I know that. Having been through 7 years of a mis-diagnosis of Parkinsons disease I understand very well how illness can play havoc on a person's body and mind. It's all about choice though, ultimately, and how we "be" with whatever we have been given.
I hope your choice is taken from a place of joy and love and forgiveness....
Choose well.
Living la vida fearless, Jan