Sometimes life just runs away with me. I seem to rush from one thing to the next, with hardly time to draw breath, my every move seemingly dictated by the never, ever finished to-do-list. If there were 48 hours in a day I would fill them. And I still wouldn’t get everything done.

Then in between the hustle and the bustle, life will suddenly throw me a curved ball. A day where despite all the good intentions in the world, nothing gets done. It certainly isn’t that I’m sitting on the sofa with a gin and tonic reading the latest best-seller. But somehow there are days when I just don’t get anywhere, don’t achieve anything, get distracted and waylaid.

Without fail when this happens I realize that life is trying to tell me something….and that I really should listen. Usually it’s time to stop and smell the roses. Time to take a huge step back, cut out all the unnecessary ‘stuff’ that’s going on and give myself the gift of time and space.

It’s time to breathe out a big breath, focus slowly on one thing at a time, go down a gear or two and realize that life is better when it’s calm and reflective. No, not just life, I am better. And when I am better then everyone in my family benefits…

If roses are blooming where you are, take a stroll and breathe in the fragrance and let it touch right down into your soul.

Helen

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