Deep breathing

Sometimes the best thing I can do is take a deep breath. The list for today is too long! I begin to consider priorities. But first, I take a deep breath. Maybe another.
Now I look at my surroundings. What inspires me? Another deep breath gives me renewed perspective, and I am ready to return to the list.

So little time

Grandchildren offer a new perspective on time. Mikayla says that 7 days until her birthday is an eternity. And waiting only 10 minutes for me to play a game with her feels like forever to her.
So why do I feel that having a few hours to myself is not enough time, and it disappears as if it were only 5 seconds??

Take a swim break

I love a cool dip in a pool. That initial "woo !" as the cool water hits each section of my body as I step down the ladder reminds me how alive I am.
It's a refreshing moment that brings the whole body's temperature down a notch, especially on a hot day.

In your mind, take a break and go swimming. Imagine yourself taking a dip in a clear, cool body of water. Allow your mind to turn the pool into the activities of your day since awakening. What floats around you? Notice the uplifting memories, the faces of the people you met. Swim into the memories of your morning. Let go of any that drag you down. Give thanks for those that lift you up.
Gently exit the pool, towel off, and return to the present moment.
Allow the refreshment to carry you into the next segment of time in your day.

Merry almost Christmas?

What? It's June 30 already?
Do you realize that it is less than six months until Christmas?
So if I send those cards I've been meaning to send for months, will the recipients think I am really on top of things and am sending them early? I doubt it.  They will see right through my ruse and know I am really really late. But no less heart-felt wishes would be sent.
Today do something to celebrate Christmas!

Mondays

Another cup of coffee would really help me get going today.  When you have a marvelous weekend, does it make it that much harder to get to work on Monday?

Yard work-I mean gardening

I've been too busy to work in the yard. But today I woke up unseasonably early and decided to do the usual 40-min walk, with bagel and coffee afterward right away. Got home before it was too hot, so I was able to  turn the compost, trim the flower beds, weed under the trees, edge the lawn, and all before 10:30.
But is it yard work or gardening? If it is gardening, then it is enjoyable and fun. But the name yard work sounds like something you have to pay me to do. Today it was fun.
May your Saturday be filled with a sense of accomplishment and joy.

Fridays

Thank God it's Friday! But can it really be 11:30 a.m. already? What happened to 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30? Myriad tasks demand attention and I dutifully comply. But were they the important things, the necessary things, or just the loudest things.
"This will only take me a minute," I think, but it doesn't take just a minute. And soon I've abdicated another hour to the "I have no idea where time went"  category.
Does this every happen to you?
Before another hour slips into the past, I am stealing a minute to reflect on what just happened here.