Happy Me, Happy Family

Submitted by Helen Daniels on Sun, 03/28/2010 - 6:55pm

Happy Me, Happy Family

I'm pretty busy these days. Really, who isn't? I'm grateful that I love about 90% of what I'm busy with... playing with my family, Board duties, Coaching, Training, preparing food, riding my bike, playing with my family, and the other 10% gets me to the 90% dressed and with the house livable.

And still, I sometimes find myself getting caught up in the idea that: THERE ISN'T ENOUGH TIME.

Inevitably, this 'time stress' occurs when things outside of me don't seem to be flowing smoothly. People aren't doing what I want, the house looks chaotic, the laundry is piled, my inbox overflows...

When I keep paying attention to all the stuff that is 'out of order' I feel stressed out. And then my favorite move is to SPEED UP and to GET CRITICAL. When I do this, my family of course slows down and screws up.

These days I'm consciously paying attention to the little details that relax me because I've noticed, reliably, that when I'm happy, life flows smoothly.

Here are some of the small touches that bring peace and happiness into my days:

- I listen to relaxing music in the house when I'm cooking and in the evening (yoga music, jazz, melodic and soothing to me)

-- I slow down and brush and floss my teeth with care, I put a fabulous moisturizer on my face

-- I swing my hips when I walk

-- I breathe in deeply when I walk outside and savour the scents of spring

Small things, moment to moment. That is where happiness lives for me.

How about you?

What can you do right now, that will help you feel a little happier?

Simple is best.

I'd love to hear what you came up with,

love Helen

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Helen Daniels
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