self care...

here is what i think,

and it's going to be quick because i am sick today, heading to the clinic and seeing double,

so we shall see how well my brain works!

i have been thinking about your comments about self care

i laughed when you said that you appear to have "an issue with it"

silly us. silly silly us who don't value ourselves enough to know when to take care!

martha and mary come to mind.

now i know there are lots of teachings and thoughts and opinions about martha and mary

and probably a few good sermons too...and a few bad ones,

but here are my tania thoughts.

i know that you are i are both leaning towards being martha's!

we are happiest when we are busy.busy.busy, getting it done, helping others,

not a minute to spare, deadlines thrill us, we want to be useful and all that other martha stuff.

but

mary is a fine example of self care.

for all i know, mary may have normally been a very productive woman

she might have been just as energetic and busy as martha on most days

but that one day,

the day that made it into the bible for us to read

she wasn't. that was the day she sat. she sat and nourished herself.

and that is the simple truth about self care.

it is the nourishing of ourselves,

and from that nourishing we can give to others

and be who we are called to be.

so,

for those of us who have a hate on for self care, or self love for whatever reason

and there are many if you start looking too deep...many, many reasons why we don't care for ourselves,

for us,

we need to start simple.

favorite tea in the teacup

yummy smelling shampoo in the shower

fresh pillowcase on the pillow

deep breaths when sitting at the computer

stuff like that.

little stuff to get us started.

pick one suzy- just one and try it out!