Healthy Choices #1

Do you sometimes feel like you never get time to catch your breath? To live life on your own terms? Time maybe, to enjoy the simpler things. Free to embrace peace.. Why are we, as a society, unwilling to be still? What are we running too? Or running from, for that matter?

As I ask you these questions, I ask myself also. The answer that resonates deeply with me; if one desires to live a simple, quiet and peaceful life, then it must actively pursued. For Peace and Quiet are definitely not the norm these days. In our current age, there seems to be this insidious undertow that’s silently dragging us along. Go, go go. Don’t stop, even for a single moment. If you’re not active, if you’re not frantically running from here to there, if you’re not filling your days to overflowing, you are not living life to the fullest. What is it called? FOMO, I think.

But, again, I come back to why? Why are we unwilling to be still? Why can’t we just slow down? What would happen if we chose to pursue a quieter, more peaceful life? What would happen if we simply started choosing; *to say ‘no’ sometimes to either people or events, *to step away from social media, *to switch off the television, *to listen to music or read a book, *to actively make the time to rest, *to nurture our minds and our bodies with the preparation of nutritious whole foods, and *to take time to enjoy and appreciate those nourishing meals. Intentional conscious choices, moment by moment.

My own journey to live simply, quietly and peacefully is the journey of a lifetime, with much tweaking and adjusting, as the path continues to meander into the unknown future. What does your journey look like? Are you actively choosing the life you are now living? Or are you allowing yourself to be dragged by the undercurrent? Every day, you are presented with new opportunities to make new choices. Each morning starts fresh, the beginning of a brand new day. It’s never too late.