Today and yesterday are the first days I’ve been “call-in” sick since being out of the j-o-b. And I gotta tell ya its a good feeling. When I woke up yesterday morning and couldn’t get out of bed and realized I didn’t have to – didn’t have to calculate how sick I really was in relation to how many sick days I had left and if I couldn’t just drag myself in to the office anyway – it hit me that I really was totally in charge of my own life now.
What a self-empowered realization that was. I didn’t have to drag myself to a place I didn’t want to be (even on a good day) and neglect my own self-care, yet again, because I had stood at the crossroads and made the choice to follow this path.
So I spent all of yesterday and half of today in bed, napping and sipping medicinal teas liberally laced with herbal tinctures and indulging in my own self-care instead of ignoring my body’s wisdom.
I sit here this afternoon feeling rested and refreshed and in gratitude for the choices I’ve made.
My wish for you is that your rest stops are equally as healing.
