Take Time For Yourself!

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet.Do your work with mastery.Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds!ShineBuddha"The Enlightened One”


It’s spring – a time when many of us “come out from under” the cold of winter to renew our resolutions, seek out new ventures and to ‘boldly go where no (wo)man has gone before’. Do you have a plan for this spring? What are you doing as the weather gets warmer? I know I will be rejuvenating my garden that I have neglected for the past four years – babies and graduate school certainly drain your time budget!

Although I wrote about this earlier in the year, the message still is important to us as multi-tasking mothers and significant others. As a woman, our role in the family is unique. We are the CEO of the family – not usurping our husbands or significant others, but let’s be real – who is responsible for keeping the refrigerator full, filling bellies at mealtime, keeping those clothes washed and actually in the bureaus, making doctor/dentist appointments and keeping those children in line? For the most part, we are. Our mates are certainly helpful, but when it comes to the nitty-gritty of running a household, we are the go-to person.

Take the time to mediate, even if you have to hide in the bathroom or in the laundry room. Nurture your inner self; try to get yourself away from the daily whirlwind of activities and necessary tasks, even if is only for a moment or two. You may find that these snatched moments of intense focus may be what you need to refresh yourself for the rest of the day.

Come out from behind those clouds of self-doubt and past failures. Thomas Edison is said to have said, “I have not failed 10,000 times – I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Though we may not like to fail, undoubtedly we learn from our mistakes. Nothing beats a try, not even a failure.

We need to shine as women first so that we can shine as mates and as mothers. The message continues to be – take that time for yourself.