Solitude & Sereni.tea

Sometimes self care looks differently than walking the recommended 10 00 steps, or morning meditation or eating balanced meals. And today is that day. I have already mentioned that I don’t like to plan on Sundays. It’s my day to just do whatever feels right. And what felt right today was to take my journal, and some bubble solution to the park. And while my intention was to write for about an hour about how good life feels right now, and how thankful I am for the life I have – I was interrupted by some unexpected weather. Though I am not exactly sure how rain can ever be unexpected in Vancouver, I was caught by surprise. But I did write until the rain made my words ineligible. And when I stopped writing, I brought out the bubbles. However no matter how hard you blow, bubbles dont travel very far in the rain. But it did make me gloriously happy, and in the midst of my glee, I started twirling and giggling. And while I didnt transform into Wonder Woman, I did travel back in time to become the girl whose moments of sheer happiness were few – but they did exist. And so it was in that moment, that I decided to add another week to this experiment. My final week in October, will be dedicated to another week of inner child self care healing. And its going to be great.

And when the universe puts a hopscotch in your path, on the way home – its not only a confirmation that your inner child self care plan is a good one, its basically daring you to play it. And so I did. And I won!

Today is the final day of week three of this plan. Tomorrow, I will be adding two more elements: mindful eating, and breathwork to my self-care schedule. But I want to mention how good this has been for me. I am learning to become much more present in my life, and letting go of things that have been historically difficult to let go of, I am feeling good, and calm, I am sleeping better, and I am becoming less of a people pleaser, and recognizing that I have needs and that I am entitled to ask to have them met. All of this is happening because I am making self-care my priority.

Now, I think I am going to spend some more time with young Laura, and watch The Rescuers, because this movie contains the role that I most associate with Bob Newhart, and we are honouring his life this week.