Too busy for themselves

May 9, 2012

We all know people who are way too
Too busy taking kids to every single one of their games,
lessons & practices to take an occasional afternoon off 
for a coffee with friends.
Too indispensable at work to take a vacation. 
Too busy with errands and chores for a phone call. 
Too scheduled to go to the gym. Or have a facial.
Too busy for a girls’ weekend.
What they mean is they are too busy for themselves.
We might remind ourselves of these words
that have never been heard on a death bed:
I should have spent more time at work.
 
I wish I’d vacuumed more.
Why didn’t I scrub those bathrooms more often?

Too many facials, too many massages,
too many outings with friends: 
I took way too much time for myself.

It’s as if we –and our needs–aren’t very important.

Later in life that realization can be a rude awakening.

 I first saw this Brian Andreas print years ago
and it changed my life:
 
Everything changed
the day she figured out
there was exactly enough time
for the important things in her life.
~Storypeople

Are you important enough to yourself?
Are you making enough time for yourself?
 

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