Soothing My Soul - Day 4

Whoa, such a long day! Thankfully it's Friday and I have a weekend to recuperate from a stressful few days. I rush home for 45 minutes after work to eat, take care of Maizie and throw in a load of laundry. Too soon I leave again and start crossing a long list of errands off my list. It is 9:40 when I arrive home and 10:00 on the dot when I've finished taking Maizie for a walk and sink down to rest. 

Maizie Oct 2011

After a few minutes of petting Maizie I'm back up to write this blog. But my keyboards call my name! I have an early morning tomorrow so the mature thing to do would be to ignore it. Instead I play for about ten minutes and instantly relax. I don't know if music soothes the savage beast, but it surely soothes the soul!


It should be pointed out that I'm not proficient at playing. I've just started taking lessons where my teacher is insisting I use both hands. This is a problem as I'm not terribly familiar with the bass clef. I constantly remind myself that All Cows Eat Grass and Grizzly Bears Don't Fly Airplanes. It is slow going, but remarkably fun. 


But I digress; although I am grateful for those ten minutes of playing, music is not the topic of the day. It's all about health! Rhonda explains that in order to increase good health we must give thanks for the good health we have and also that you can tell the state of your health by "how amazing you feel everyday". 


Oh dear, this is quite worrisome. I sometimes drag myself through days. I get tired and lack energy. (Perhaps in part due to frequent insomnia?) In the fall I received an unpleasant health diagnosis so I'm doing this program in large part to improve my health. Thus I am very interested in the health practice reading that Rhonda devotes most of the chapter to. I read through it and her ending suggestion that we write THE GIFT OF HEALTH IS KEEPING ME ALIVE on a piece of paper or card to read several times during the day. I write THE GIFT OF HEALTH BLESSES ME instead on a 3 x 5 index card and slip it into my purse. I also type it on my iPhone calendar making sure to repeat it daily. Now it will pop up at 12:30 every day! 


At work I look up at the peace flags above my desk and read the inscription on the purple one: "I honor my intuition, I accept my path, I am healing body, mind and spirit". Perfect!

I love my colorful peace flags. I certainly honored my intuition when I spent the extra money to purchase them and I've never regretted it. I also don't have any qualms about my decision to play the keyboards tonight. Perhaps music will be a key to healing with my passion for it? I must think on that a bit, but it will have to wait as my comfy bed beckons. Nighty night!