What does rest really mean to you? Getting to bed at a reasonable time from being out with friends and waking up to an alarm clock and a throbbing hangover? Maybe. Rest to me is something that has become sacred, a ritual and true practise, I say practise because it’s always evolving and I’m always still practicing it. I’m no master.
Was it always like this? No way. I used to work in TV. Be a chef, drink like a fish, smoke cigs, be out till the wee hours and say that I would rest when I was dead.
That all shifted with a life changing wake up call. Mental illness, a debilitating eating disorder and drinking problem. I got beat down HARD when I was diagnosed with manic depression. Those words rang in my ears like a loud speaker, it was not deniable anymore. I saw my health and energy go down the shitter. Once I realized I was the only one to blame, I knew I was the only one to get me out of the card I had dealt myself.
I worked like a mosquito; sucking blood, I never stopped because I was hungry to heal. From my depression from my eating disorder and shitty habits that were slowly sucking the life out of me.
Four and a half years later, my life is in HD 3D F color. I now work with with clients to get rid of the blocks that keep them from living and optimal epic life. And I find myself doing motivational speaking around the globe to inspire others that there is a second chance out there for all of us.
The funny thing is, I have not stopped to reflect on this and the power that hitting bottom has had in my life for quite some time. It was when I was eating hummus and crudite with my husband; we just got married two weeks ago. It was only then that I stopped to say how much things have changed… Quietly, in my mind and heart I felt the deep reflection in how valuable it is to STOP, to REALLY stop and reflect. To eat meditatively, give gratitude to the shit that helped me change the course of my life to get me to the here and NOW.
My big ‘aha’ is that when we can truly rest, there is so much that happens besides all the good things like cell renewal, but more so we get to expand our soul through reflection and space and time because it transcends everything.
If you do nothing else in your day to be INSPIRED to rest, you might just realize that you need a drastic change in your life, or heck, that you just needed a little nappy poo.
Enjoy the journey, don’t question the bumps along the way, just read, and remember that everything in every moment is happening for you.
With gratitude, love + knowing that we will ALL be great in the end +now, because now is pretty epic too,
Jaquy
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