When we feel judged upon hearing a contrary statement or an observation that is in its essence absent of judgment and malicious intent, it is a big sign to look within and heal that part of us.

Resting right now may not make sense. But when the body is weary, it is speaking to you. The body does not know logic. It knows safety. It knows pleasure. It knows comfort.

It knows more than we know. We, as in our minds, as most people identify more with their minds than with their bodies.

One way to start reconnecting with our bodies is to listen.

If the body is saying, “Rest!”, it is time to rest.

Some random thoughts that have come to me this week:

1. Don’t let your job or whatever else that drains you get the best version of you. Prioritize where your best self appears. It will trickle down to the other areas of your life.
2. What if you could imagine that life is always working for you, even and especially in those moments when it feels quite the opposite?
3. I am right, you are wrong. You are right, I am wrong. The truth is somewhere in-between.
4. Could our dreams be showing us the patterns that we live out in our lives so that we are aware of them?

I was reminded today that it is valuable to have people I like in my life who don’t necessarily vote the same way I do. It is so easy to demonize the whole party but the way we actually get to some sort of world peace is to humanize one another. We can’t expect politicians to work “cross the aisle” when we don’t do it ourselves.

Of the games I find in the newspaper, the one I find most challenging is the crossword puzzle. I have a lot of Respect (yes, with a capital ‘R’) for anyone who can complete a crossword without tweaking their neck glancing upside down at the answer key.

I have a lot of trouble with crossword clues. I find them to be way too vague, confusing and/or clever for me. There are also quite a bit of pop culture references that fly over my head. Lastly, my brain does not recall words in a way that works when seeing partially filled or empty boxes on a piece of paper..

Maybe it is a matter of practice. Or maybe crosswords will never be my forte. That latter statement makes me cringe a little. It is not very “growth mindset” oriented but realistically, can we really approach everything with a growth mindset? Aren’t/shouldn’t there be some things in our lives where we say “I’m okay not being great at that.”