Keep calm and relax.
Easier said than done, right?
We think about the past and worry about the future, a recipe for stress!
My mantra these days as I approach the big 6-0 at the speed of light is to concentrate on living in the moment and relax.
re-lax (re-laks) v.
1. To make less tense or rigid.
2. To relieve from nervous stress.
3. To seek rest or recreation.
All we have is now anyway.
For Mr. A, it's fishing.
But more than that, it's being on the river.
Although that's not my idea of relaxation, for him it is the ultimate!
"Stop a minute, relax where you are.
Relax your shoulders.
Shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water.
Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
~Barbara Kingsolver
Me?
I'll take a hammock by the sea.
Just listening to the ocean's waves and breathing the salt air....Ahhhhh!
(Although I've only done this once in my life!)
"Tension is who you think you should be.
Relaxation is who you are."
~Chinese Proverb
Or sitting amongst a garden of flowers, breathing their scent and watching the birds.
That is relaxation to me.
"Sometimes the best thing that you can do is not think.
Not wonder. Not imagine. Not obsess.
Just breathe and have faith that everything will work out for the best."
Note to self:
Relax!
You are enough.
You have enough.
You do enough.
What do you do to relax?
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