01/05/2024
SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT A NEW DAY BRINGS
Speaking from experience, a chronic illness can stripe you down to your core and can make it difficult to find joy in your life. It’s so important to find your joy in the little things to make life worth living and meaningful. We can all experience something new, if we try!
Do you find yourself rushing from one thing to the next without experiencing the joy and wonder of a new day? If you feel like you are in a rut, try slowing down and observing the beauty around you. You will never experience that moment in time again. Make it worth it!
Daily ARF-irmation: “And so taking the long way home through the market I slow my pace down. It doesn't come naturally. My legs are programmed to trot briskly and my arms to pump up and down like pistons, but I force myself to stroll past the stalls and pavement cafes. To enjoy just being somewhere, rather than rushing from somewhere, to somewhere. Inhaling deep lungfuls of air, instead of my usual shallow breaths. I take a moment to just stop and look around me. And smile to myself.
For the first time in a long time, I can, quite literally, smell the coffee.” ~ Alexandra Potter, The Two Lives of Miss Charlotte Merryweather