Replenish You!

Plato once said, “People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.”

Pick your friends with care—they create the environment in which you will either thrive or wilt. Give everyone the opportunity to be a friend, but share your dreams and goals only with those who value them as much as you do.

Ask yourself whether spending time with this person will lift you up or drag you down? Will spending time with this person help you to become your best self? Will you be happier after spending time with this person? Will this person help you achieve your most important goals? If not, find friends who will.

One of the best moves you can make in life is to surround yourself with friends who see the potential in you that you may not even see in yourself.

Being alone will never cause as much loneliness as the wrong relationship.

All of these things are true.  And every now and then, I have to ask myself:  Are my relationships worth maintaining?  One of the things that is a measure of how I view relationships is whether or not I am fed by them.  When the chips are down, who can I count on?  Some days, the list is very short.  I am the type of person people tend to lean on, and yet there comes a time when there's nothing left of me to lean on, and I have to find a way to replenish myself.  Its important that we aren't dependent on the people around us for our replenishment; we need to be able to meet our own needs and feed our own energy stores. 

There are several ways to feed your energy, and most don't take that much time or effort!  Included would be Take a bubble bath; Use the first 10 mins of your day just for you; Dance; Read a book; Do something creative; Get outside; Pamper yourself; Find some water.

Its the last one that does it for me.  I often take walks with Sadie around ponds or creeks, because they make you feel good.  As feminine women, being associated with the Yin energy we have a natural affinity for water. So if you have the ability to, spend some time by natural body of water. This will feed your soul and energize you. Take a little time and go to a local river, or lake. If you have the opportunity, spend some time by a waterfall or even by the ocean. Enjoy listening to the sound of the water, breathe and just be.

Use the list of suggestions,
find time for yourself
and be re-energized!