Whilst we Tend...

While we are tending to the details of our very busy lives, especially now that school is back in session we need to take some time to remember to tend to ourselves. Yes, we are getting the lunches packed, the assignment books signed and homework accounted for. The sports uniforms are washed and folded and the pages upon pages of paperwork are filled in and returned to the appropriate party. Have you taken any time during these chaotic back to the grind days for you? Have you remembered to reach down inside, take a deep breath and maybe even pat yourself on the back? Maybe that yoga mat needs to have the dust shaken off. A few moments of quiet solitude each morning before you begin your day would serve you well, and your family residually. If you can manage an early morning walk before the kids rise, what a good thing for you. Clear the mind, breathe in the clear air and sort your thoughts to start your day. You cannot be good to anyone else if you aren't first good to you. I keep a wonderful little book entitled, "Inner Peace" written long ago by Paramahansa Yogananda, at my bedside. It's teachings talk of being actively calm. It helps to read and reread a passage a day to remind us to start from a quiet, calm place with each day and revisit this place frequently. To have an organized mind leads to an organized day. There are many more days ahead where we will feel overwhelmed and sometimes even suffer a failed attempt at doing what we set out to do. This is okay. Start fresh tomorrow and remember that it is all good in the end. Oh, and Friday does roll around 52 times!