I recently began going to a meditation class. The guy teaching us is incredible at instructing, and I feel so relaxed leaving the class. He gave us printouts with Buddhist prayers for meditation. Once home, I slipped the papers into sheet protectors in an organized binder I created, labeled “Mindfulness, Meditation, and Relaxation. (Oh, I’m a binder gal. I use them to be organized. You should see my recipe binders. I get a buzz when I go into Staples or down a stationery aisle at a store. )

Anyhoo, after the first class, I didn’t meditate at all during the week. I went to the second class all revved up to do meditation every single day for five minutes. I did it once. That was over a week ago, and I haven’t meditated since. That was the only time I had done it since starting the mediation class.

It hit me when I texted a friend about how I don’t do self-care as much as I want, and if I do something good for myself, it seems to be attached to a reason (like going for a walk just to mail something).

We Don’t Need a Reason to Take Care of Ourselves

Our health is the most important thing and needs to take precedence over anything else.

The things we do are mainly brought about by habits. We brush our teeth because it’s a habit we learn, and it comes naturally to do it. We don’t have to put much effort into it. It’s just ingrained in us. We can create new habits for taking care of ourselves, too.

The first step is to be mindful of what we do. Then, we’ll be more aware of our actions to make the right choices. Life is a continuous development process for the sake of our inner peace. And we are so worth it to do what’s best for ourselves.

Thank you for reading this, and let’s make a pack with ourselves to be more mindful of our actions and make sure it aligns with our happiness, even if it’s just a few minutes to start. Easing into it will help not shock our belief system and let us make it a permanent change to have inner peace.

To Taking Care of Ourselves,

Francesca

 

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