Renewal
My Mother said I was always a ‘high energy’ person. At the time her comment really surprised me. It also gave me a valuable insight into myself.
Recently I had one of those days. I awoke at 1:30 am and did not go back to sleep. My first client was by phone at 5:00 am. A few chores, then off to my office by 8:30. I finished my last consult at 7: 20 pm. I was really tired; stupid tired. The half hour drive home was a foggy one and it wasn’t because of the weather.
At home, I was too tired to eat, too tired to talk, too tired to think. Sleep mercifully embraced me around 9:30 that evening.
Awaking to a new day, I was still a little tired and I had several hours of work ahead of me. I plunged in at 7:30, finished by 1:30. Then turned my attention to renewal. One of the most difficult and challenging lessons of my life has been to refresh, replenish, renew.
I rested and meditated for an hour. Big return for small investment; one I was never willing to make because I always believed I didn’t have time. I learned to sit still. A tremendous act of discipline that has paid rich dividends.
Work-mode switched off, I went into my garden, not to work but to enjoy. Then into the kitchen (one of my favorite meditation places) prepping for BBQ dinner with focused ease. By 3:00 my energetic tank was full.
I am so grateful to have learned the lesson of renewal.