Sunday, March 11, 2007

Sometimes its the simple pleasures that make all the difference...

So today was a typical weekend day for me. Get up at 6:30am, get ready for work, go to work, come home from work, turn laptop on, do some AIESEC work, etc etc etc.

Yes yes, seems monotonous, doesn't it? I'm even getting bored just ready it myself, and i am actually living this reality :P

Yet, today was different.

I decided to leave the laptop. yes, i know..whats this CRAZY talk huh!

I went outside and just sat in the yard for a while. There's this really nice area my dad made in the backyard overlooking the pool, with some grape vines that have grown over a lattice over a seating area. So when you sit down, you have all these pretty vines overhead, you are looking over the pool.

It was so relaxing. So...peaceful. Everything was so green from the rains we have been having. The sky was so blue and the breeze was really light and floaty. I just felt spiritually enriched.

I went and got a book i have been meaning to read of a while but haven't - Ishmael. Interesting philosophical stuff. Mmm... it was just such a wonderfully spiritually enriching moment.

You know, I have been working so hard lately with everything, that i have been feeling terrible. I feel so mentally, spiritually and physically weak. I don't do enough exercise, i haven't been eating properly, i haven't been reading widely or simply being satisfied with just 'being'. Instead, I have been feeling a need for constant 'doing'.

Yet i realised today, I can not sustain that mentality. If this year is going to work, I am going to have to aim for a balance in my life.

Hence my new life philosophy - nourishing the mind, the body and the spirit. So from here on in, I will aim to at least once a week do something for my mind, my body and my spirit. So, playing the piano, or drawing for my spirit, going for a run, tennis game, a massage for my body, reading a good book, or going to a talk for my mind.

Its time to start looking after myself :)

posted by Nicky @ 8:36 PM  

1 Comments:

At 4:12 PM , Laura Allen said...

DITTO! :-) My car got crashed into about a week ago, so I'm now without a car - back to riding my bike everywhere! Sounds strange...but it's probably the best situation i've ever been forced into - yey for mental clarity, exercise and looking after me!

Take care Nicky!

hugs,
Laura

 

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