mornin'
It is 8:00 am. I am awake. There is laundry in the washer. NPR is playing in the background. Sunshine streams through my window. I have already left the house to buy laundry detergent and dryer sheets, and coffee, of course. This morning is filled with peace.
I've been tired lately. Not emotionally tired---physically tired. Sleep-for-nine-hours-and-take-a-three-hour-nap-and-still-be-yawning tired. So, last night, when I went to bed, I gave myself permission to sleep. I didn't set an alarm, and I decided that whenever I woke up was when I would get out of bed. I woke up promptly at 6:45 am.
It got me thinking: have I been so convinced that I need more sleep that I've been ignoring my body's needs? Normally, when I wake up that early, I roll over and go back to sleep. Oversleeping is a very real thing, and in some ways, I think that I may have been so focused on an arbitrary number that I haven't been simply paying attention to the needs of my body.
I think I have a tendency to do this in real life, too. Sometimes, I tend to think "more is more": more food (a big one!), more books, more leisure time, more money, more, more, MORE. I've been exploring lots of ideas about where this idea and manner of thinking comes from. I keep asking myself, "What exactly are you trying to fill with all of this 'stuff'? What else might fill me up? Why do you feel a need to over-do everything?"
Less can be more.
9 rays of sunshine:
Well said! I woke up before my alarm this morning (thanks partially to the pooches barking to go outside), but when I crawled back into bed I didn't feel tired - yet I was annoyed that I could have slept for 30 more minutes if they hadn't started barking. It's definitely an interesting concept.
okay, I'm getting concerned. Are you breaking into my brain while I sleep and stealing my thoughts? I feel as though i coud have written half of these posts (but clearly didn't b/c I have been lazy). This is crazy! And I Love it! It makes me feel so connected and okay about where I'm at. thank you for writing.
Wow! Sounds like you had a GREAT morning. One with lots of productive "stuff". I love your blog, it always gets me thinking. This "more is more" for instance...Sometimes I get thinking the same way, and it turns into "look at all the BLANK I don't have". Then I just have to stop and think what am I talking about, I've got everything I need right here. Sometimes more is really just a distraction from what is really important...So anyway, that's basically in a nutshell what your blog made me think about today. Thanks for what you do.
Fern
duuuuuuuuuuuude, seriously. great. post. i'm SO with you. less can be more. maybe that will be my new mantra.
i love that you're doing things naturally, amy. i love that you're learning to let yourself be. it's hard, and i, anyway, have to constantly remind myself to do so...but i'm so happy for you.
(hug)
It's so true, isn't it? We are always searching for the next thing, or more of what we already have instead of just taking time to appreciative what already surrounds us. This is a wonderful reminder....and something that has been humming my mind for the last week.
xoxoxoxo
hmmmmm ...i have been exhausted lately and have been pushing myself too hard i think, perhaps i too just need to relax into myself and see what happens and just appreciate where i am right now ...
thank you amy for these wonderful words that i so needed today as i start my weekend :)
Please read my latest post as it is a tribute to none other than you! Happy Saturday.
you are wise. WISE! filling up can come from the inside if we can figure out how to do it. working on that. my heart will tell me what it needs if i can get my mind to stop dominating the conversation!
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