All Work and No Play

Anyone remember that scene in The Shining where Jack Nicholson is sitting at his typewriter (with writers block) typing over and over "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy"...? Well I don't think I am on the verge of a psychotic break like he was ;) but I definitely need a break.


I have finally scheduled myself 6 days off -in a row! This is a big deal for me because I haven't taken a real break since the first part of 2007. I think there are just some of us out there that like to work and I am one of them. I will go and go until I cannot go anymore and physically I will have to stop. Gratefully, that is not the case this time. I am in good health and want to keep it that way.

I am by nature a very independent person so I think it's fitting that my time off will fall over the holiday this weekend.

I am not sure exactly what I will do with my time...I didn't want to schedule too much to do... So, I most likely will head up into the mountains for a day or two. This helps me tremendously to re-charge my body, mind and spirit.

Have you taken a break lately? You don't wanna end up like Jack do you? ;)

100 Questions...

Why are we hear? What's it all for? Why do some people seem to receive their hearts desires and other continuous struggle? Why are some of us born into wealth and others born into disease and poverty?Is it Karma? Fate? Luck? Completely Random? Does it matter why? What would we do differently if we knew all the answers? Would life feel like it has a purpose or would having all the answers take the hope out of it? What happens when we die? Do we go on? Reincarnate? Blink out into nothing? Does that make a difference in how we live our lives? If we knew this was it...one shot, then nothing, what would we do differently than thinking we may meet our maker and have to answer for all that we had done? Why does it seem like sometimes there is no God and then other times there is no question of something infinitely greater out there? What would we give for the answers to all these questions? Do we really want to know?

Anyone?

Good things come to...

those that wait...

My lesson these days seems to be all about patience. I am an instant gratification-type person so for me learning to slow down and enjoy the ride is a challenge. I have been at both side of this coin...full speed, one thing after the next, taking on way more than I can handle, and full stop depressed and unmotivated to do anything.

Today for me, it's all about balance; finding that happy medium and hanging out there. I used to think this would be way too boring of a place to be, but now I understand that was just fear. Once I actually slowed down and brought my awareness into the present moment for the first time, I was forced to take a look at who I was and what was happening with my life. All kinds of questions had time to creep in like "who am I?" "what have I done with my life so far?" and "why am I here?"...these types of things initially brought fear to me because I didn't know the answers and I didn't like who I was. But as time has passed and I have made a conscious effort to slow down, think and intentionally do, Life has slowly begun to blossom for me from the inside out.

Many of us don't plant a rose seed and sit patiently and wait for it to bloom...we go straight to the flower shop and by the rose... we bypass it's entire journey forgetting it was once only a small seed buried under a heap of dirt. Today, when I look at a rose I think of where it started out and I can't help but have much appreciation for the effort it took to create its beautiful blossoms.