Imperfection

When life throws a few changes at you, sometimes it is difficult to keep up with routines that help you maintain your health.

Thus not only  are you off balance because you may not be following your maintenance program, you are off because of the stress of your life situation.  Life changes challenge us to grow, whether they are positive or negative.  The temptation would then be to beat yourself up because you are not doing what you know would be good for you.  On top of that you may feel vulnerable because of your recent growth/discomfort -- kind of uncomfortable in your skin.

Take a deep breath and be gentle with yourself.  Give yourself the time and the space to not have your life in perfect order.  Sit in the "muck" for a bit.  Feel it, learn from it.  When you are ready, you will get back in your routine.

 If you seem to stay in the "muck"  too long, reach out and get some help.  Most of us need, at the very least a sounding board, and at times we need some guidance to realize we have choices. We don't have to remain paralyzed.  Part of wellness is wholeness.  We are human beings, not mechanical machines that need just the right diet and combination of supplements and we will be "OK."

We need upside down time, crazy as a loon time, not -so-together time, "my-time", screw up time, together with people time, play time, sleep time, laughing time and crying time, and peaceful time.
TIME.

All you have is today, right now, this moment.
You are precious.
Take this moment-- for YOU.

-Patricia Ryan-Carlson, MD, CCN