A Day Of Soul Nurturing...

I had a really fun day yesterday. Can’t say I’ve had one of those in a LONG time. I’m usually ruled by calendar and clock all weekend; driven to get done all I feel I’m unable to accomplish during the week because of my work schedule & other responsibilities. There doesn’t ever seen to be much time for “fun” and especially “spontaneous” fun, such as what took place yesterday.

After my “gray-b-gone’ appointment with my hairdresser of 30 years, I had a nice lunch at a local Vegetarian café. They share their space with an artist’s cop-op, so I enjoyed taking in all of the fun & colorful artwork produced by our local artist community. I seem to really be drawn to collage. Maybe one of these days I’ll make the time and space to try some of my own.

I then took a leisurely drive around the neighborhood where I lived when we first moved to Florida in 1979. It was a beautiful day, so I enjoyed the lake breezes drifting through my open sunroof and car windows, as I drove down the quaint brick roads. Discovered a charming house with a huge wrap around porch on one of the street corners that made my heart sing! There was something about it that created a longing within my soul; there was just something so familiar about it. I will have to go back and take some photos of it.

I drove by my old house and in passing by, said “hello” to my hamster, Walter, who is still likely buried in the backyard, unbeknownst to the current tenants! I had a laugh when I remembered how he nearly met an untimely death when he “escaped” the house in his little Habitrail hamster bubble & was running down the long driveway, full steam ahead, right for the busy street! I caught him just in a nick of time! (Who says that only cats have 9 lives?? ;)

I ended up at the park at my former elementary school. There was a little league game going on at the baseball field, so I found a place to park on the street and walked back to catch some of the game. I got there at the bottom of the 9th and watched as the obvious favorite team won the game! It was a lot of fun to see! The kids were maybe about 6 or 7 years old, and they took this all VERY seriously!

When they finished playing, I headed over to the swing set. I parked my butt onto one of the swings, and learned:

#1. Adult butts don’t fit very comfortably into a child’s swing (to quote the old Chic Jean’s ad, “real women have hips!”)

#2. It takes a lot more effort to get an adult weight body off the ground! (WHEW! I actually found it to be a pretty good work-out, though!)

#3. Don’t swing so soon after lunch! (I was pretty green for a few hours afterward! LOL!)

#4. Telling the kids next to you on the swings that you went to school here 30 years ago can make you feel REEEEEEELY old! (Especially when they then ask if they can bring you to show & tell on 'share an antique' day! ;)

#5. Despite all of the above, it was really fun to do something for my inner child for a few minutes!

My last stop on the day’s adventure was my favorite metaphysical store. I love it so much in there. It just feels like “home.” I love all of the magical music they play, and the aroma of soothing incense that they burn. It puts me in a very relaxing space. I was sitting on the wooden floor (one of my vices; if there is a floor, you will generally find me sitting on it! And if I can be barefoot, all the better! :) perusing some Reiki charged candles. I overheard an elderly lady as she was checking out say to the cashier, “I’m visiting all of my favorite places today!” I exclaimed, “so am I!” and told her of my recent adventure on the swings at my old elementary school! She got a kick out of my story! Must have been the right day to nourish our souls a little more than usual! After about an hour, I finally left the store with some Reiki charged candles, a new deck of Doreen Virtue Goddess Oracle Cards, a bottle of my favorite White Buffalo White Sage and Cedar Mist, and a cool CD that was playing while I was in the store.

I was completely exhausted by the time I got home, but it was a good exhaustion. Days like this remind me that much as I try to “ignore” the fact that I share my journey with a chronic illness, it is very much still a part of my life. The good news is that I didn’t get to the point of sheer exhaustion quite as quickly as I usually do. I was gone for a good 5 hours before returning home unable to function! LOL! That’s better than the 1-2 hours it was at one time!

It was really nice to take some time to just nurture my spirit for a day. My heart & soul are telling me that it would be nice to have more days like this one in the near future, and I think I will kindly oblige!

By the way...if you're looking for the daily theme pages, please find them listed under the "More Pages on My Site" heading to the right. I just choose not to post them here daily with my comments, anymore. Too much to keep up with!

Peace, Love & Light…