~~ Learning to be still, to really be still and let life happen--that stillness becomes a radiance.~~ Morgan Freeman
Sometimes it's ok to not be busy. Sometimes it's ok to simply watch life go by. Because every once in awhile, having your mind and body become still calms you. It allows you to breathe, it allows you to be. Just be. Not a worker or a mother or a employer or a volunteer......not anyone or anything. Just you.
And sometimes when you are quiet and your mind is still, you find peace. The kind of peace that allows your soul to sigh and your spirit to smile. The peace you've always been meaning to find once you had the time....and the money....and the partner......
Because as you quit smoking and you realize that you are stressed, possibly unhappy, too busy, too negative....just too everything, sometimes you come to the conclusion that changes need to happen now and changes need to come from you.
So sometimes its ok not to be busy. Sometimes its ok to enjoy that peace you've looked for. Sometimes its very, very healthy and fun and calming to be still and watch life go by. Not fighting your quit, not stressing over craves, not being happy or unhappy or angry or feeling anything at all......just watching the clouds, listening to the silence. Peace begins to creep up on you. Your breathing slows. Your muscles relax. Your spirit smiles.
And when you find your radiance, you know in your heart that you can come back there when you are too stressed, too busy, too negative....come back to that peace and stillness, watching life go by. And each time you do, you gain something. Something that makes life interesting. Something you can draw from when you need it.
Find that stillness, my friends. Especially when you first quit smoking. Especially when you are stressed. Take the time to be still and watch life, being ok with simply being. Life is a gift. Stop to enjoy it every now and then. I wish you peace.....Sheri
