We live in an age when “doing” is prized more than “being”. We live frantically busy lives where time is our most precious commodity. The thing most of us yearn for is work/life balance.
Yet when we become overwhelmed by all this “doing” stuff, when we become stressed and need to stop and just “be”, we find it the hardest thing to do. Being with ourselves, resting in ourselves, is very difficult for most of us.
Instead we turn on the TV, plug the iPod into our ears, listen to the radio and distract ourselves from what is happening inside us with a coffee, a beer, glass of wine, chocolate or even a cigarette.
Now, there is nothing wrong with any of that as a way to switch off from a difficult day at work – unless it becomes our habitual way of relaxing and unwinding.
What happens when we “relax” that way all the time, is we lose contact with what is actually happening within our bodies and, in fact, our minds, not to mention our spirit. We become tireder and tireder over time. We wake up each morning still not feeling rejuvenated.
You are now asking: but isn’t that what is supposed to happen? Isn’t that why we have holidays – to rejuvenate ourselves? What if I told you it did not have to be that way.
