The Importance of Stopping

 

Your body is meant to be in a state of balance, Yin and Yang, activity and rest, being and doing,   Your body is constantly giving you feedback about the necessity of stopping (Via feelings of fatigue, stress, etc,)  If you do not pay attention to your body’s messages, you may just get a cold.  People that have truly learned that art of not paying attention to their body may develop more severe physical or emotional problems.  (In addition to not feeling well, there are time costs to not being in optimum physical health-i.e.-doctors visits, needing more rest and sleep than normal, etc.) There is a reason people feel so good after a Yoga class or meditating or a walk in nature. They are giving the body what it needs. The body needs you to stop.

What is so great about stopping is that when you go again you are more efficient, productive and creative.
As a matter of fact, one of the biggest ways people LOSE TIME is to be constantly busy.  There are many cycles and rhythms in life and the more we attune to our own energy rhythms, the more we will allow ourselves to stop.  How many people do you know that are happy being constantly busy?  Yes, there is a temporarily relief to get one more thing done on your list.  However, develop the trust and faith that if you slow down you will give yourself MORE TIME.

Stopping is a way to receive from life. Take in life; take in your partner.  Savor your food; do not eat to fast.  Enjoy your children. Remember the real reasons why you do the things you do.  It is probably to enjoy your life more.  So stop, take a nice deep breath in, exhale all the way out and slow down.
See how much your life improves.

by Todd Creager, Relationship Therapist
www.toddcreager.com