Make Time For You! - Personal Practice

I’ve been feeling a little out of control.  

I’ve felt lost.  

I have been sharing, gaining new perspectives, and taking on challenges.  I’ve taken the practice very seriously.

Then I realized.  There is value in making time for me and who I have been and who I am.

I have comfort and joy in knowing who I am and how I live my life.

I notice there are good and bad things about me.  I can be positive and I can be negative.

I can be overzealous and extreme!

Why not take the time for me?  

I know cleaning the house gives me visual pleasure and a sense of peace, so I do it.  

I know exercise is my meditation and clears my mind, so I do it.

I know spending time with my friends brings me joy, so I do it.

I know working on projects that are important to me give me a sense of accomplishment, so I do it.

I do it for me!

I have a renewed energy.  I’m confident in what I want and what makes me happy.

I go back to sharing of myself and what is important to me with others.

I go back listening to the perspective of others and I’m more accepting.

I take on new challenges with enthusiasm and I step out of the feeling of being overwhelmed and feeling like there is too much on my plate.

Now I feel I have more to give, because I gave to myself.

I listened to my heart.  I used my intuition.  I let go of others expectations.

I made time for myself.

Make Time For You! - Yoga Lesson

Taking time for self can feel selfish!

Why?

Is it usually because we want to make others in our lives happy and feel like a priority?

Can we do both?  Take time for self and for others in our lives.

Sure!

Open communication and expression of personal needs can lend to cohabitation with people in our lives.  

You can find compromise to achieve self and let go of feeling selfish.

Open up and talk about it.  Allow for freedom of expression and personal choice for yourself.  

Here’s the trick.  You have to allow others the same luxury!

We all need time for ourselves!