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MajestyJo · 08-11-2013, 05:34 AM

Sunday, August 11, 2013

You are reading from the book Touchstones

I'd like to get away from earth awhile and then come back to it and begin again.
—Robert Frost

Do we think it's weak to need a break? Do we ignore the need to recharge our batteries? Responsibility for our own lives requires us to recognize the need to restore our energy. Maybe our former escape from the world was by using food, or drugs, or spending money, or sexual release, or preoccupation with another person.
Now, since we are developing the ability to be with ourselves, we can take a break from the world and come back restored. This meditation time generates more energy for our lives. Recreation with friends, a walk, a movie, or a concert does the same. Taking responsibility to get away is a good cure for self-pity and exhaustion.

Today, I will be aware of my need to restore my energy.

One of the reasons that I walked downtown yesterday, it helps my circulation. I tend to forget that when my feet hurt, it is because it isn't getting the energy it needs, or I am doing to much and need that break. I have neuropathy, gout, and pseudo gout, as a result of abusing food for many years and not making healthy choices.

08-11-2013, 05:34 AM	#11
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,085	Sunday, August 11, 2013 You are reading from the book Touchstones I'd like to get away from earth awhile and then come back to it and begin again. —Robert Frost Do we think it's weak to need a break? Do we ignore the need to recharge our batteries? Responsibility for our own lives requires us to recognize the need to restore our energy. Maybe our former escape from the world was by using food, or drugs, or spending money, or sexual release, or preoccupation with another person. Now, since we are developing the ability to be with ourselves, we can take a break from the world and come back restored. This meditation time generates more energy for our lives. Recreation with friends, a walk, a movie, or a concert does the same. Taking responsibility to get away is a good cure for self-pity and exhaustion. Today, I will be aware of my need to restore my energy. One of the reasons that I walked downtown yesterday, it helps my circulation. I tend to forget that when my feet hurt, it is because it isn't getting the energy it needs, or I am doing to much and need that break. I have neuropathy, gout, and pseudo gout, as a result of abusing food for many years and not making healthy choices. __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.