Beauty Rest

Lemon Aid Cleanse Article Seven (from Kristen's blog)

The covers feel better when we are good to ourselves...

Day four and still feeling good. I do feel like I want to be easy and delicate with myself though. What I wouldn't give to stay in bed a while longer. I started feeling this way yesterday. I'm not tired or sluggish.

I just realize how fast I go and how much I do and would love to indulge in myself right now. I'm craving long walks in the sunshine and a therapeutic massage.

It's amazing how clear we become when we "slow down and fast". I recently saw that somewhere and loved it because it is so true. When I go, go, go on fast forward all day I don't have time to really check in with my body.

Little things are bugging me like the clutter on my desk and the mess in my car. Usually it's just something I don't "see" because of an important deadline or rushing to be some place. But now I can't see anything but that. Everyone knows that clutter is an energy drain.

I feel the need to be kinder to myself by beautifying my space and organizing it.

I think the hustle and bustle desensitizes us to so much. I have had a few people call me to say the same thing. They are realizing the daily demands they put on themselves and what it takes to keep up.

One man has realized that his job was so intense that he literally felt he had to rely on stimulants such as coffee, sodas and nicotine to make it through the day. When he attempted the fast he got a serious wake-up call that things have to change. What he feels was making him more productive, he now sees is shortening his life in the end.

My goal for today is to be good to myself. I encourage everyone, whether or not you are joining us on this cleanse, to take a moment in your busy day and honor yourself and those you love. Do something that makes you smile.

(for some reason my blog is not allowing space between paragraphs lately, I do apologize if it is difficult to read)