Yesterday I was granted the ability to attend Easter Sunday service. Here is a picture to the left. Ain't I cute. I am really getting use to my peach fuzz!
The Sunday sermon titled, "Are you living to die or dying to live," hit home pretty hard. Prior to this journey, I did have a purpose. I was recently married and became a wife. I also worked as a Case Manager Therapist at the local hospital. I am a daughter, a sister, a cousin to many and friend to a lot.
However, in all the roles I played there was one role I did not play well, being good to myself. I would occasionally go shopping or pay off any debt to ensure a better life for my husband and I. But, I did not take out time to have a desire to live. I had forgotten how to take off work to enjoy flowers, the beaches, food, life!
How could I, a person that owns an active passport do such a thing? I can easily answer this question, I placed all other before me. I have two parents over the age of 70 I constantly worry about. I am a newlywed merging a lot of physical and emotional stuff. The list can go on of how I care for others, take out more time for others and leave me just enough time to get a few hours of sleep daily.
So, what did I learn from yesterday's lesson? I learned to apply what all therapist like myself preach, self-care. I more than ever must focus on my body recovering from chemicals, learning to walk with a stronger balance, and learning to watch out for me first. Has this been easy, nope. But is it necessary, yes. And this is what has cause me to have the desire to live.
Friends, I still pray you will never have to endure what I have endured. Instead I pray you take to my life as an example of how to take care of yourself. Remember, if you don't take care of you, you can't take care of nobody.
#orangegirlrocks
The Sunday sermon titled, "Are you living to die or dying to live," hit home pretty hard. Prior to this journey, I did have a purpose. I was recently married and became a wife. I also worked as a Case Manager Therapist at the local hospital. I am a daughter, a sister, a cousin to many and friend to a lot.
However, in all the roles I played there was one role I did not play well, being good to myself. I would occasionally go shopping or pay off any debt to ensure a better life for my husband and I. But, I did not take out time to have a desire to live. I had forgotten how to take off work to enjoy flowers, the beaches, food, life!
How could I, a person that owns an active passport do such a thing? I can easily answer this question, I placed all other before me. I have two parents over the age of 70 I constantly worry about. I am a newlywed merging a lot of physical and emotional stuff. The list can go on of how I care for others, take out more time for others and leave me just enough time to get a few hours of sleep daily.
So, what did I learn from yesterday's lesson? I learned to apply what all therapist like myself preach, self-care. I more than ever must focus on my body recovering from chemicals, learning to walk with a stronger balance, and learning to watch out for me first. Has this been easy, nope. But is it necessary, yes. And this is what has cause me to have the desire to live.
Friends, I still pray you will never have to endure what I have endured. Instead I pray you take to my life as an example of how to take care of yourself. Remember, if you don't take care of you, you can't take care of nobody.
#orangegirlrocks