Calm

Better Safe than Sorry

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Sometimes our thoughts can lead us astray, as I hinted at in my previous post. The above quote from a meditation coach I listen to really resonated with me.

There are so many aspects of our being for which we need to provide a harbor of safety and calm. Sometimes our boat is easily guided towards that safe harbor, and other times? Not so much.

My encouragement to all of us today is to not seek perfection, to understand that we will always encounter rough seas during our life, and when a wave is at its peak, we can know that on the other side of that wave, calm is waiting for us.

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Lighten up Mondays

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Lack of sleep is no laughing matter, says me who has recently entered the valley of insomnia and is trying to climb out. My daughter recently turned me on to a sleep/anti-anxiety app called Calm which I highly recommend. For pennies a day, it has thus far provided the respite I need to fall asleep at night. But knowing that even in the ickiest of times, we can find humor, today’s humor focuses on that ever-fleeting element of our lives: sleep.

  • I’m not always awake before 7 a.m. but when I am, it’s when I’ve yet to fall asleep.
  • I hate when I’m tired and sleepy and when I get to bed, my body says, “Just kidding.”
  • People who fall asleep quickly freak me out; I mean, don’t they have thoughts?
  • Me: let me sleep. Brain: LOL, no, let’s stay awake and remember every stupid decision you’ve ever made in your life. Me: Okay.
  • Dear 3 a.m., we have got to stop meeting this way; I’d much rather sleep with you.
  • When I can’t sleep I try counting sheep and then my ADHD kicks in: one sheep, two sheep, cow, pig, Old MacDonald had a farm, Hey Macarena!

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