I actually slept a full 8 hours. This only happened a handful of times in 2013. Spending the first 6 months worried about my mother's health and watching her die, my decades of experience of shortchanging myself sleep held in me in good stead. So sleeping 8 hours was a big deal.
I actually took the time to make a smoothie that contained 4 servings of fruits and vegetables, 20 g of protein and 3 g of fat. It's my own design, but I did not have time to make it more than 2 or 3 times in 2013.
2013 was a year spent taking care of everyone but myself, in a lifetime of taking care of everyone but myself.
I am hoping to reverse this.
"The body is in need of no defense. This cannot be too often emphasized. It will be strong and healthy if the mind does not abuse it by assigning roles it cannot fulfill, to purposes beyond its scope, and to exalted aims which it cannot accomplish." - A Course in Miracles
There is a Buddhist precept that reminds us to be mindful of how rare - and therefore, how grateful we should be - to find ourselves in a human birth on earth. The body is part of that. The Soul is an even bigger part of that.
Right now, I am going to focus on taking care of both.
