are bad habits so easy to fall back into and good habits so hard to establish? i got on the scale this am and it said 164#. Yuk! it's been really hard getting back into the grove after being gone. i'm not exercising, my back hurts, i'm not recording my food intake, my joints hurt.... i love having all three kids home, but my sleep schedule with 2 college age kids in the house is crazy. it seems like there are people coming and going at all hours of the day and night. why can i sleep when i don't know where they are when they are at college, but i can't sleep soundly until they come in when they are at home? ACK!
So... God to the rescue. during my prayer time this morning i was reading St Bernard's reflection on how God's yoke is easy and His burden is light and how heavily we burden ourselves when we become the slaves of our own will instead of listening to God. i have been going like crazy...trying to get caught up from being gone so much this summer...the extra work of having all of us at home again now... my agenda (my will) for the day is always full by the night before. as i prayed about it i began to see that God's agenda for me today was something along the lines of..."Take care of yourself. how can you expect to be of help to Me when you aren't eating right, aren't exercising, aren't getting enough sleep? Take care of yourself." [Felt like i was getting one of the lectures i give my kids. :) ]
if there's one thing that really gets my goat as a parent it's when i tell my kids to do something and they agree that it's a good thing for them to do and then they don't do it. i imagine God's the same way... so i figured i would try to be a kid that wasn't driving God nuts. i hopped on the bike (my back likes that better than walking) and rode for about an hour. it felt good.
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"Take care of yourself." This says it all. Hang in there. As long as you are still facing forward you are going to be just fine. Habits are so hard to break. They are always just behind us to fall back into. We just have to work on finding different habits to fall into when we fall, good habits this time.
Hope you have a wonderful day!
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I agree with Felicia: you have to take care of yourself. How will you be able to take care of everyone in your life if you don't?
Love yourself enough to do it, woman! You can do it!
Sounds like the right agenda! Way to go on getting the biking in! Wish my bad habits wasn't so easy to fall back into also!
Yaaay for getting back in the groove! Taking care of yourself is the best way to look at it, because you deserve to be treated well!
I think that once things slow down for you, you'll be able to get back on track.
I'm a huge fan of biking and notice the difference in my legs. Also, try to post at least once a week. For me, it's like attending a WW meeting for free :)
heard a quote last night which is still echoing in my head
FOR BETTER OR WORSE OUR HABITS DEFINE US
and they are SO HARD ----yet not at all impossible---to change.
hang in there and TAKE CARE OF YOU over all else.
Miz.
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