Sunrise Life Lessons

My early morning sunrise walks have grown increasingly therapeutic for me over the last month. I would wager that there are no two sunrises alike just like they say that there are no two snow flakes that are alike. I process some times even out loud on my slow journey into the sunrise. I value this time outside immensely.

My mind remains much like the energizer bunny raring to go and my body is still much like an inch work slowly moving along.

No matter how much I want to do, and just when I think I’ve simplified my wants down and let a want-to-do go, there is even more I have to say no to doing…like that energizer bunny it just keeps on moving but by that I mean, having to say no to moving as much as I want to be doing!

This reality at moments has been very difficult for me to accept. It seems that after a month I “should” be better as in well-er than I am. But I ain’t! And no matter how much I want to be, it is what it is, and I ain’t well-er than I am. And of course this is taking way longer than I had hoped and wanted it to take…not in my time, insert life lesson learning time here!

I am learning how to better prioritize what is most important to me. This is a gift, a valuable life skill that I’ve been given because of all this I know for certain.

I found a very important book that is helping me come to be more at peace with being so unwell: Coping with the Psychological Effects of Illness, Strategies to Manage Anxiety and Depression by Dr. Fran Smith, Dr. Carina Eriksen and Professor Robert Bor. I highly recommend this book if you or a loved one is dealing with a debilitating illness.

The very first paragraph had me hooked: “Having a physical illness affects us psychologically in two main ways. On one level it is an individual matter that can affect how we think, behave and feel, both emotionally and physically. On another level it affects our relationships with people around us, our patterns of support and our life roles.”

The start of the second paragraph made it hard for me to put the book down: “A health problem does not have the same effects on everyone. There are factors that influence how people react to, cope with and adjust to becoming unwell.”

I’ve been highlighting more of the sentences in the book than not! This book will help you and your loved ones understand what happens when someone becomes chronically ill or suddenly very ill.

It is amazing to me how things I’ve needed, people I’ve needed have come my way just when I’ve needed them too! I am blessed.

If is weren’t for this lengthy illness I would have missed out on seeing so many beautiful sunrises…see there are good things that come from not so good things after all!

What is something good that has come from a challenging situation in your life recently?