I have to apologise for clogging up your quality reading time yesterday with all that "I'm sick of this and sick of that" crap. Seriously, talk about a whinger.
Today, however is a new day! I woke up feeling much better, like my cold had disappeared and I was a bit more my positive, less-whinging, less negative-nancy self. I knew I needed today to be about feeling good so alas the day has unfolded accordingly.....
I started with a bit of quality book time (I'm reading this, it just won the Man Booker Prize), got up, had some breakie and while drooling watching the uber-cool Lenny Kravitz as he was interviewed by Piers Morgan, began some chilled out yoga. So far, so good eh? As part of our Calmbirth preparation, we've been given some CDs to use to practice the 'relaxation response', to help you get 'out of your head' during labour, so I lay myself down on the window seat in the nursery, in the glorious sunshine I might add, propped myself up with numerous pillows, popped the ear phones in et voila!! Relaxation-station!! After about 45 minutes of slipping gracefully in and out of consciousness, it was time to get out of the house.
I drove over to Stanley with some good tunes playing, the sunroof down and sunglasses on, feeling pretty damn happy about life.
A delightful bruschetta, a cool drink, some more book time and a lazy stroll later left me realising just how important it is to pay attention to those times when you know you need to feel good. And how important it is to really tune in to how to make that happen, for you.
It's taken me a while to figure out how to make that happen here in Hong Kong. Right now, it's everything I've done today. Getting away from the drilling and noise of Central, having a drive, listening to some great music, eating some tasty food, enjoying some sunshine, seeing the ocean and inevitably finishing with something sweet.
Preferably one of these.....
Stanley, mid-week, offers exactly what I need to relax and 're-balance'. It feels like you're on holidays over there. A world away from the madness. No high-rises in sight. No angry taxi drivers. People stroll, eat ice-cream, and smile. It was just what I needed....
Here's to more days like this, eh? Especially at this time of year when it's easy not so take time out and smell the roses. Or eat the ice-cream ;)
Taking the ordinary and making it work for you.
It certainly worked for me...
1 comment:
Snap to that!
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