I'm beginning to think there must be an art to relaxing and that I'm not too good at it and probably need to practice. This morning I was at a Bed & Breakfast that didn't serve breakfast until 8:30. Yesterday, when I heard 8:30 I was surprised! What?!? I'm going to have to wait until 8:30 to eat breakfast? Are you kidding me? I'm used to eating breakfast as soon as I'm up. It also meant that it would be after 9:00 before we're on the road. Hmm... I had to tell myself there was nothing that I could do about it and that I just needed to go with the flow. Maybe I could sleep in. I could turn off my alarm. Just chill.... that would be nice, huh?
Well this morning I was awake by 6:00. So much for sleeping in! Now it was going to be two and a half hours until breakfast. Are you kidding me? What am I going to do with all of that time? I had to make a conscious effort to just relax and just stay in bed and read for awhile. For once, it was okay to linger in bed. How many times have I wished that I didn't have to get up right away? Well, today was my opportunity. Just relax.... enjoy the extra time, the lack of a rush.
I started to realize that this relaxing thing was almost stressful for me. Why is that? Am I so driven that I don't like to relax? Or was it that I wasn't in control? Maybe it's a bit of both. I mean it is my preference to eat breakfast as soon as I get up. But, I survived this morning. I didn't starve. I used the time to read, shower and take a lovely "relaxing" walk. My takeaway from this experience was that occasionally, I need to be taken out of my routine. I need to give up control, relax and stop and smell the roses (actually I did stop and smell the peonies on my walk) along the way.
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