Today is a day of rest and renewal for me. I invite you, too, to take time in the busyness of your life for self-care. Perhaps it seems absolutely impossible for you to take time off for yourself when your day seems so full of doing for others, taking care of urgent business, running errands, or just taking care of the business of life. Or maybe your life is wonderful right now and you’re exhausted from all the fun things that keep you running one to the other. Stop the treadmill! If you can’t imagine taking that whole day off for rest, reflection and renewal (and believe me, that might feel strange at first, then luscious), then go for a shorter period. Schedule in ½ hour a day for yourself, or 5 minutes an hour. Visualizing yourself floating on a serene lake (or whatever would have you feeling peaceful and happy) is (almost) as good as actually doing it...seriously, what you imagine and feel in the moment is absolutely real to you, and your body. Right now, before you get up from reading this, or going right on to the next post, take that 5-minute self-care break. And then write the intention for more self-care “vacations” in your calendar/day planner. You’re worth it!! Today is a good day...and I make it so!!