Happy Monday!

Fall is here and so is Monday! YAY! I love the start of a new week and all the possibilities that come with it – especiallly when the temps are cooler and there seems to be a briskness in the air, the sun is shining and all is well! Because the days are shorter now, so we have to enjoy the sunlight! Be in the present moment and just be grateful that we are here!

It’s all in the way we look at life. We get to choose how we see our lives, our challenges and our feelings that come along with them. It’s a choice – not a mandatory sentence. I think we sometimes forget that with every moment we have a choice to see what’s happening as positive or negative and in that essence, that moment of choosing, we can shape our entire day, month, world.

I know negative things happen in life. I’m well-aware of that, having been through my share. But in noticing the warmth of the sun, the cooler breeze that wafts through the trees, the blue sky, the colors of the changing leaves as the season of fall arrives, we ground ourselves with nature and Mother Earth which is always good. When we can get out of the emotionality of chaos and be in that precious moment, we have the uncanny ability to be present, to find gratitude and to put aside the worries, calm our cortisol and relax for a few moments. That is a choice and indeed is necessary for our longevity.

So today my suggestion is this: carve out 5 minutes of ‘me time’ to just be – no phone, no computer, no outside distractions. Breathe and listen to the birds singing. Look up at the sky and marvel at the colors of this world in which we live. Feel the breeze upon your skin.

That my friends is part of how we heal – how we can recover our joy – baby steps as we practice this time-honored return to nature – to the present moment – our original state of being.

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