Reflecting.

Hello!

These days I really pay close attention to how I feel and listen to my body; listen to changes. I think it is important to take a step back once in a while and reflect on my life and on my overall well-being. I had a long conversation with my Reiki mentor today and he asked me Where I am right now. It made me think for the rest of the day on everything that is going on in my life currently and where I stand. Most of the time I feel like I am in the middle of something, with no beginning or end in sight. The days are just flying by and I am looking at my son who grows up so fast – insane to imagine that he is already on this planet for over two years. I have been busy running around lately, with newspaper interviews, new ones to come, books to read, reviews and articles to write and tons of research. I love what I am doing, don’t get me wrong. Sometimes it just seems there are not enough hours in a day to accomplish everything that I have planned. 

Then I step back, take a deep breath and reflect. Sometimes it is just not possible to get it all done but it does not matter. Tomorrow is another day – I don’t need to lose my mind or sleep over it. When I am passionate about something this is really difficult however. I usually think that there is so much more out there to get done. New friends to meet, new projects, new things in health, beauty and food and new motivation, moving, studying. The list is just endless. All these things make me restless but at the same time I feel that everything and anything is possible. Every little day means everything will be renewed and you can start all over again. You get another chance. Amazing, right? 

I looked at my little calendar the other day and there is this reminder in July; Daniela 35th birthday. It was so weird to read and actually fathom. I know it is only a number but still. If you think about living until 80ish to 90ish it means that I am getting closer to the middle of my life in a way. This thought alone makes me feel strange.  I do know that we can never really know when we reached the middle- we don’t know when it will be all over for sure and we cannot play along on this earth anymore. 

I keep in mind that I do have to hit pause once in a while and just take life for what it is. Don’t get to worked up about things I cannot change and take it one day at a time. That I cannot rush anything and that sometimes it is important to stop and smell the roses. Or play in the snow and build a snowman. To take things for what they are! The reason for this article today was mainly because I finished Henning Mankell’s latest book “Treibsand” today and my husband caught me crying in the kitchen in the morning. He was one of my favorite authors and I read all his books. Just to realize again that he is gone and finish his autobiography made me so sad. It was his last book and made me think about death, disease and change.  ;(

It was nice that my husband was there and me finishing Mankell’s book lead to a nice conversation about life, the meaning of it and it made me think about writing this article today. Reflecting on what is important in life. Reflecting that there are beginnings, middles and ends to everything. Sometimes it would be so much easier not to think that much, or not to read that much but it is what I love. Have a good morning, day, evening or night. Wherever you are! 

Where are you in life? What is on your mind lately? 

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