Some Truths...

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On this the weekend before the 2024 US election, I wanted to offer what we all need to do is to just rest a bit! And if you can’t rest, then I thought I’d send these pictures of resting animals…

I tell ya’ one of the most relaxing things for me is to just watch my own dog sleep…Hearing his occasionally sighs as if having a pleasant dream while watching his small chest raise and drop, can really prompt me to take a deep breath myself. It’s literally as if he has not a care in the world. And sometimes watching him makes me forget about my own woes and the overwhelm of my to-do list. I include a picture of him at the end. But I thought some of these pics also made me feel relaxed, so I thought I share them with you too…

I also figured I’d send you one of my pieces from my latest writing session. Just a little stream of consciousness that I hope you enjoy…

The prompt was: “truth be told…” and the first truth is, is that short feels sweet these days, so here’s a short piece..

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Truth be told—- I like doing things AND I don’t like doing things.

It’s such a crazy balance (or unbalanced) way of being. It seems I should just be able to decide to do the thing—or not do the thing…

But really it just seems to be the way I gravitate toward life these days…

I’ll have my moments, or thoughts, or daydreams of doing THE most fantastical thing. Like actually right now I’m writing a book. And wow it can sound and feel like SO much fun and how exciting?! 

And/but then I sit down and I’m allllll set to write THE most wonderful, amazing chapter. But all my fingers do is just sit on the keyboard. They are all primed and ready to go, as if I’ve just done yoga stretching for them. They are in just the right position and sometimes with the aid of my cushy wrist rest thingy. 

I’ll be ready to type away— and suddenly all the excitement that I had just moments before goes swoooosh outta my body. Truth be told- writing can certainly feel like a yoyo, a rollercoaster, or jumping on trampoline type of experience. Bouts of frustration and bouts of excitement. But unlike those experiences where you can kinda see what’s ahead of you, my writing doesn’t always have that visual to look ahead to…

The other truth be told that I’m thinking about that feels like the AND- is that I have started intermittent fasting. Boy did that sound like a fantastic idea! My preventive health doctor husband even told me that studies have shown mice benefit from this type of eating—who knew?! So I thought yeah, I could get behind some which way of eating that helps with inflammation, gut health, and finally say adios to my evening snack eating.

Truly this sounded like something I could at least get curious about! 

But then came time for my morning coffee—and the only thing I can have in it is some MCT oil. I only had coconut oil in the house actually —so that’s what I chose to do… 

And ummm—black coffee when you’re not used to it (coconut oil or MCT oil included) was NOT the best way to start off my first intermittent fasting day! …Even writing about this, feels like a disservice to my morning coffee routine of deliciousness.

But somehow I got through drinking it. Thankfully my coffee is of relatively good quality…

Just like how in the end the coffee (even without the extra yum) was still tasty enough, I know I will get through writing my next chapter (even if the excitement ebbs) too…

I guess truth be told my desires do take me down the path that my being, my soul wants to go—it’s just that my brain sometimes need to catch up and not pull me back like a frustrated toddler.

And truth be told, I’m going to tell my brain that it’s okay if the good is ALSO hard…

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…Here’s my resting dog…To remind you to rest this weekend!

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