Spring arrived this weekend…a little late perhaps…but…it arrived…and…I was 
chomping at the bits to get outside and…do…something…ride my bike…pot some plants…pull some weeds…anything…it just seemed wrong to stay inside and waste the beautiful weather…
But…I was sick all last week…with a combination of virus and allergies…and…although I was feeling better…my eyes would go crazy itching and watering every time I went outside…
I whined as…Bertha…drug me back inside the house and locked the door…until she reminded me…this is the first of spring…not the end…there will be many lovely weekends to enjoy the great outdoors…my bike isn’t going anywhere…it’s still a bit early to pot those plants…I will have plenty of opportunities to enjoy doing the things I love…once I get over this little snip of an illness I’ve had…and…the best way to get over it…is to…quit doing the things that aggravate it…to allow myself to heal…
Of course…she then went on to relate it to my life…doesn’t she always…reminding me of times when I continually revisited memories that were uncomfortable…or painful…instead of moving on in my life…she said doing that…made about as much sense as continually sticking my finger in a light socket…to see if the power was still on…
Hmmm…well…since she puts it like that…maybe…I’ll stay inside a few more days…
Jane
I always wrestle with this too—why don’t I allow my body the time it needs to rest? And when I overwork myself, naturally U get trapped in a negative thought cycle! But the “Bertha” in me knows that sometimes the most sacred & beautiful thing you can do is just BE. Thank god for Bertha! : )
That is so true…I often have to be reminded to…Be Still… I’m glad there are plenty of Berthas to remind us! Thanks for visiting, Diane!
I have trouble taking time to rest too… There’s so much to do always… but I try to remember that if we rest then we heal faster. I hope you feel 100% soon 🙂
I do feel so much better…those two days of mostly rest did me good…and so did staying out of the pollen…