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The aim of life is to live and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. - Henry Miller.

Looking after yourself first

October 26, 2006 Daily Self-Care Putting Yourself First We have all heard the instructions of an airline attendant reminding us to put on our own oxygen mask before we help anyone else with theirs. This advice is often cited as a metaphor for self-care because it so accurately expresses why it is important. It seems to say, ironically, that if you can't take care of yourself for yourself, do it for others. Few situations in our daily lives mimic the wake-up call of an airplane emergency, so it's easy to keep putting self-care off-easy, that is, until we get sick, overwhelmed, or exhausted, and suddenly don't have the energy to care for the people who count on us. That's when we realize we haven't been getting the oxygen we need to sustain ourselves. We begin to understand that taking care of ourselves is neither selfish nor indulgent; it's just plain practical. Putting yourself first means that it may be necessary to say no to someone else in order to say yes to yourself. For many of us, there is always something we feel we could be doing for someone else, and it helps to remember the oxygen metaphor. You can even encourage yourself by saying "I am caring for myself so that I am better able to care for others" or some other mantra that will encourage you. It also helps to remember that self-care doesn't have to be composed of massively time-consuming acts. In fact, the best prescription for taking care of yourself is probably small, daily rituals; for example, taking one half-hour for yourself at the beginning and end of the day to meditate, journal, or just be. You might also transform the occasional daily shower or bath into a half-hour self-pampering session. Whatever you decide, making some small gesture where you put yourself first every day will pay off in spades for you and the ones you love. The oxygen you need is all around you; sometimes you just need to be reminded to breathe.

posted by: crysalis at 20:13 | link | comments |

this is what i dug out of the virtual attic

Delight of lust is gross and brief

> And weariness treads on desire. >Not beasts are we, to rush on it, > Love sickens there, and dies on the fire. >But in eternal holiday, >Thus, thus, lie still and kiss the hours away. >No weariness is here, no shamefastness, >Here is, was, shall be, all delightsomeness. >And here no end shall be, >But a beginning everlastingly. >

>--Petronius Arbiter, first century CE. Translation: Helen Waddell, 1929.

 

 

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I was looking for quotes for my friend and searched through some old email correspondence between an old flame and myself. oh yeah, the emails we exchanged were long and passionate and oftentimes nonsensical rantings from two bored souls. the more i look back and think about the way we were, the clearer things seem. i think i understand a little better why we had so many problems and how essentially we both had two separate ideas of what our relationship meant. it was good when it was good though. but i know i was very young and foolish at the time,

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Ivy bit me viciously today - it was mostly my fault. NEVER approach a cat at play. especially when it's 'KILL IT' kind of play.

 

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Ivy and Me

I adopted little 1 year old Ivy on Saturday - she's one of the cutest, most affectionate things in SPCA and now she's living with me.

It's charming to have a cat - to be woken up in the morning to a frantic low MEOW and the pacings of a nervous feline who just wants to be stroked.

 

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