Time to reflect...

As many of us skid to a halt and flop onto a 4 day weekend with little gas left in the tank...what might we be expecting of this Easter break? 

We might want to catch up on sleep, enjoy time with friends and family, clean out a few cupboards, do some of the things on our never ending, priority changing list of must do's, enjoy Easter treats, be entertained and binge watch some Netflix, go for long walks and take any kind of much needed break from our routine? How will we decide what is most important and what will create the balance that we need to slow down, pause, stop and even find a way to reflect. 

For many Easter is a time to reflect on a life that was sacrificed, that was raised to life again as a gift to humanity, a gift that offers us great hope for a Eutopia beyond this life on earth. A place that is so ideally perfect that there is complete contentment. A place some call heaven, where we can reflect and rest and be at peace. 

We live in an uncertain and imperfect world in which we can experience contentment but we know that it is not Eutopia and we experience much suffering and pain within our own lives and those around us. No-one is exempt and life can be really tough. If we choose to just let life happen to us and we bury our thoughts, feelings and behaviour then we may shut down and miss an opportunity to connect, to understand, to grow and to find comfort even in the midst or the aftermath of hardship. Even in painful times we can reflect and we can learn from this. 

How will we turn off our engines, park our anxiety and stress to unwind and reap the benefit of having a reflective stance. What is this discontent we feel? Is it the rush of life that seems to drive us? Is it the external stress that we feel we have no control over? Is it the uncertainty that we experience day in day out?  Is it that life is evolving at such a fast rate and we are hyper vigilant due to overstimulation? Is it that we have been hurt, caught off guard and we don't know what to do with it? 

If we are not sleeping well, if we are conflicted and if we are struggling with relationships or making decisions then it can help to reflect. Reflecting benefits our health, our brain, it massages our limbic and helps our prefrontal to kick in and it benefits our ability to interact and relate. To install more calm in our lives, to restore and experience contentment we can choose to pause, to acknowledge our pain and to reflect. 

If you're stuck?

Let's talk, listen and reflect together!  

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