As we are already entering the year's second month I am realizing that I got lazy over the Christmas holidays and it is taking a while to get back into the swing of things.
Lazy about what you ask? Those little things. Those little things that help me remember who I really am (WIRA). Some of my morning routines, the things I watch on TV, the conversations I have, the things I fill my work with, being honest about WIRA and what I want. None of them earth shattering, but they all add up, and while I was in the swing of the Christmas season I got lazy about how important these 'little things' are too me.
As I think about it now, it is interesting to me. I don't choose to take a break from breathing. I don't choose to take a break from eating. I don't think to myself, "oh I'll just skip going to the bathroom today, one day won't make a difference." That may seem ridiculous because we know how important those things are to our physical well-being. But, as I sit here over a month into the new year after my LOP holiday, not yet feeling fully into the swing of WIRA, I wonder why I believe that these things I do for mental, emotional and spiritual well-being are any less important.
I guess a part of me is still operating from the belief that if my heart is pumping and I am still breathing, I am alive. But I have come to the point where I know that is no longer true. Being alive is so much more than a physical body existence.
This Christmas Season has helped me embrace the knowing that I don't really want to take a holiday from LOP. I don't really want to take a couple weeks off from honoring WIRA. It's not worth it to be lazy with my focus. These little things I do for myself are not a chore that I force myself to do with will power, they are a gift I give myself. Feeling good and remembering WIRA is just as important as breathing. There is no need to take a holiday from it because LOP is the 'holiday' I am really looking for.