I'm not generally much for personal mission statements or power words, not that I see anything wrong with them. I just don't generally feel the need for sorting out that type of thing in my life. However, I've been mulling over the word "calm" the last several days and I am choosing to make that a word and characteristic that I focus on and strive towards.
Goodness knows that there is a whole mess of stuff in my life that tries to keep me from being calm. Nights of disrupted sleep, concern for my kids or husband, an untidy, unclean house, headaches, lack of personal time to recharge, and so forth, these things can all cause me to feel helpless, frayed, and completely stressed out. Sometimes it is all I can do to refrain myself from literally screaming at the universe. I need to find calm.
How can I do this? I'm learning, with many a failed effort, to hold my tongue, take deep(er) breaths, exercise more, read more, and take care of what I put into my body be it food, drink, media, or general noise.
More thoughts on this later. For now, I have to go put a baby to bed.
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