Out and About
posted in Uncategorized |Sorry about the lack of posts for so long - I must admit that these past few weeks have been hard on T and I. Both of us have suffered from ill health, brought on by our disregard for the signs our bodies were sending us to slow down. We carried on and so our bodies took the only course of action left in order to stop us - and stop us they did! T has been out of work for several weeks due to wrist problems and I have been off work and only able to work part-time due to an inner ear problem. Both of these have not only affected our working lives but also our personal lives - as T has been unable to do a lot of things he’d normally find easy and even walking and reading/internet surfing etc has been hard for me due to the dizziness and nausea I have been experiencing.
So we have been made to take a slower pace these past few weeks and it has taught us an awful lot. I have in recent years been learning that illness can be as much a blessing as a curse, and sometimes it is only through having to take care of my body that I take care of my soul as well! One of the major differences this has brought to our lives is the integration of evening walks (and daytime ones if we can afford the time from work) and fllowing our hearts and spending more time in nature than ever before. We had always taken walks at weekends, but they had always been rushed into a spare slot in our schedule - now they are the first thing we try to plan!
In fact - today T is on a shamanic workshop and I am about to head out to the common, with my iPod in my pocket and camera round my neck, ready to sit and relax, watching the hours go by, snapping anything that strikes me as beautiful of inspiring and listening to the language lessons I have downloaded and wanted to listen to for several months (if not years!) Normally I would stay home and panic about all the things I have to get done - but today I am taking time for myself!
The summer is here (well in the UK it is) and we plan on enjoying every last second of it. I hope that you too manage to find the time in your hefty schedules to get out and about and truly feel the sun on your face, the wind in your hair and smell the roses - because life CAN be beautiful!
With Love and Blessings
Amanda xx
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