Water of Life
Jun. 10th, 2011 12:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cedar_groveFrom The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.
Our hearts and bodies often give us messages we fail to pay attention to.
No deep wisdom from me today I'm afraid… just a simple observation… I had a terrible headache when I came home. Normally I fight through these things to keep going because there are 'things I must attend to.' That was no less true today than any other day, but I just couldn't stand it any more. My head was telling me that I needed to lie down, to stop and rest, to try and sleep off the headache. I slept.
I woke up terribly thirsty after a couple of hours. My headache hadn't completely gone, but it was a bit better. I made some tea… and drank it almost before it was cool enough because I was so thirsty. I made another cup of tea almost right away afterwards… I drank this too, though more slowly. Only then did I realise that my headache was pretty much gone and I felt much better.
I must remember to drink more water during the day, to take a bottle of water into the classroom with me. I'm obviously getting dehydrated. I have listened to my body.
Pain is often a sign
that something has to change.
Our hearts and bodies often give us messages we fail to pay attention to.
No deep wisdom from me today I'm afraid… just a simple observation… I had a terrible headache when I came home. Normally I fight through these things to keep going because there are 'things I must attend to.' That was no less true today than any other day, but I just couldn't stand it any more. My head was telling me that I needed to lie down, to stop and rest, to try and sleep off the headache. I slept.
I woke up terribly thirsty after a couple of hours. My headache hadn't completely gone, but it was a bit better. I made some tea… and drank it almost before it was cool enough because I was so thirsty. I made another cup of tea almost right away afterwards… I drank this too, though more slowly. Only then did I realise that my headache was pretty much gone and I felt much better.
I must remember to drink more water during the day, to take a bottle of water into the classroom with me. I'm obviously getting dehydrated. I have listened to my body.
