Seriously, this is the truth.
When I take care of myself, I am a better friend, a better listener, a better daughter, sister, human.
Today, I feel like crap and if I don’t do anything about it I will treat others like crap. It is just what happens. When I am miserable in my body it is really hard to be present, kind, loving, nurturing, the list goes on. It is possible, but very challenging.
When I feel like crap, I tend to keep my head down, look people in the eye less, want to rush through things, or bail out on them. When I feel like crap, I get angry at people for no reason. Like, they are pulling out of their parking spot when I am trying to drive through.
Don’t get me wrong, you guys know I am a loving, compassionate, present, generous person. I am! Really, I am. But, when I feel like crap it is much harder to be all of that.
Yet, we all often keep on going with what we are feeling, instead of pausing to do something the try to turn this around. We act like we don’t have time to take care of ourselves. We don’t have time to take a time out to soothe our body and mind. We don’t have time to put ourselves first….so instead we walk around on planet earth as a dark shadow of ourselves.
We snap at people. We don’t fully listen. We half ass things. We bitch and complain. We get frustrated, irritated, stressed in snap. But yet we tell ourselves that this is better than taking a time out to nurture ourselves a little bit to turn this all around.
That is a bunch of bullshit, now isn’t it!
So, I am going to hit post on this blog and then shut everything down to do some yoga, make myself a soothing tea, and maybe do some journaling (this is my favorite method for writing it out).
We try to power through the ick, whether it be body ick (what I am currently feeling) or mental ick but that doesn’t serve anyone. We act like we are being self-less by putting our selves on the back burner but really we would be doing EVERYONE a favor by taking better care of ourselves.
Who do you think people would rather have? The vibrant, alive, present, loving, caring YOU? Or the bitchy, easily aggravated, unable to focus, crabby YOU? I think you know the answer to that…. So, the next time you think you are being selfish by taking time for you, please remember this. Please know that:
Please remember that when you take better care of yourself, you are a better human.
