Jason and I have been busy relaxing these last few days. He had a gig in the Tampa area, so we decided to tack on a few days to bury ourselves in relaxation. Actually, since the weather cooperated, I asked Jason to bury me in the sand. It was awesome.
I have to admit the process of being buried in the sand was similar for me to the process of trying to hurry up and relax. You know how it is – you have a certain amount of time, with certain restrictions, and your goal is to relax as soon as possible.
As the sand started to cover more and more of my body I tensed up. It was chilly and heavy and my body was not liking it at first. Then I took a deep breath and relaxed myself. At last, everything felt different. The sand no longer felt cold. The heaviness of the sand was comforting, like a warm blanket on a cold night. It was glorious!
How often do I ‘tense up’ in situations and not allow myself to breath and ‘let go?’ Whether it’s in a busy period or a time of relaxing, I find myself over thinking things and tensing up. What started off as some sand fun turned into a life lesson. It seems like God likes to use nature to show me things about life and about me. The other lesson I learned is that sand likes to stick with you. I think I’ll still be finding sand on me next week in Wisconsin.
(Yes, those are my big toes.)
Good job relaxing! My husband has a cartoon someone gave him of a guy in the doctor’s office. He’s saying to the doc, “I know I need to relax. But I want to relax better and faster! I want to be the king of relaxation!” Obviously, the person who gave him that cartoon had his personality pegged. (I, on the other hand, have absolutely NO trouble relaxing :).)
I think the long toes mean you have good balance?
What a great picture to have of yourself! Really, one of the best portrait poses I’ve ever seen. Some day your children will cherish it! And they’ll know where they got their long toes (I have ’em, too!!).
I am so the same way, Kim. Thanks for the reminder to ‘let go’ more often than trying to hurry up & do something, be it trying to be productive or hurrying up to relax. Good piece of advice! Thanks!
Marilyn: If you can get a copy of that cartoon, I’d love to have it for a presentation I’m doing. My email address is dw_donovan@bshsi.com.
Thanks!