Feeling Ever So Poorly Time!

December 19, 2015 Life 0 Comments

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This week I was struck down with a beast of a cold that took me to my bed…. As I was lying there, feeling a tad sorry for myself, settling down to Netflix and Jessica Jones I began thinking about how I could turn this around, could I possibly make a positive out of being laid low?

It took a little while and then the thought came to me that this could be a time for reflection, an externally imposed stop, with my life on hold. Like many of us I find it easy to get caught up with the doing of life and rarely stop for reflection. Busy, busy, busy…

I started to take the time to reflect on my year, what I had really enjoyed and what was a challenge. How I had moved forward and what I felt good about. I also started thinking about next year and what I want to achieve… Where did I see myself in a year? It was quite lovely to take the time to simply immerse myself in these thoughts without any time limits or pressure to do anything. It meant that I could really give my thoughts free reign to float about where they liked. I allowed myself to reflect for a whole day. Now comes the interesting bit… having deeply immersed myself, when I eventually resurfaced I was buzzing with ideas. Things I wanted to do when I got better, positive next steps. I could see everything with a new clarity!

I came out of this illness feeling revved up and bursting with new ideas… I couldn’t wait to get started. Now I’m not advocating getting sick to move your life forward, however it is an interesting concept to see how you can turn things around to work in your favour even starting from quite a negative situation. It also brought up for me the idea that taking proper time out for reflection is incredibly positive and rewarding. It clarifies things in your mind, enabling you to take steps that feel right and move you in the direction you want.

I think knowing what you truly want is the key. It might sound simple but do we honestly ask ourselves this question? I was able to answer this honestly and in a heart felt manner because I had the opportunity of experiencing this deep reflection time. Now the challenge is to create this time for myself, to remember how powerful and useful this has been for me and not wait until the next untimely bout of something unpleasant to create the time for me.

Here’s to health and happiness!

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