Good for the soul

Taking care of your body and health should be a way of life. They say what you eat in private you wear in public, so true. Just like some people wear their feelings on their sleeve-what is going on on the inside can be see on the outside. Stress can eat you alive and take it's toll on your life, health, relationships, work performance and a whole host of other ways.

Learning to let go and not stress has always been a struggle for me. I grew up in a very protective household and there are times when I go back to the niave way of thinking. I call these my "Duh Lynn" moments. So when something totally, unexpected hits me between the eyes and knocks me for a loop it typically wreaks havoc for me mentally and physically. It's either feast or famine when it come to stress-I mean this as in food. I either have absolutely no appetite or I eat without thinking-the later being a new method for me. And you know what the sure fire answer for me is in dealing with stress is-exercise. I know this but I slack. And I have no idea why I do. I've never been a morning person and I need to be. I need to get my butt out of bed and workout-sweat and I think my life would be a whole lot better and happier. I'd feel better both physically and mentally. I need to make this a habit, I need to take more of life in a less caring mode and let things go. This is easy to do but when others are in your care it is not so much.

I try to take care of myself because I think it is good for my soul and life in general and for those around me! Dealing with stress has never been a strong point for me. I usually just get through it and come out on the other side and keep moving. I try to forget the stress but remember the lesson from it-that helps down the road.

So with the stress levels at school reaching a fever pitch I have sat back and watched to see how people deal and react. As I've told the teenage girls who I work with that their reaction and how they choose to handle the stress and situation is how you do things, don't let anyone tell you if its right or wrong-unless it is extreme or hurts others.

And I will admit I am more than a little bit apprehensive about my dance team practice this afternoon-I don't know how it's going to go. I need to keep my feelings and those of the girls who are not directly involved in the "problem" in check as well. Walking on egg shells is a very simple way to put things. Stressed-yes I am. Worried-more than a little bit. Will it be okay-someday, not sure when or if the trust will ever come back. But how this goes is depending on teenage girls and how they act. The team unity is broken and I'm not sure if the trust or unity will ever be fixed or mended enough to function as a team. I'm worried about the future of this team and group of girls and the rest of this season. Having best friends on both sides of the fence on the same team is difficult at best.

Laughter is good for soul and so is dancing and sweating and it all helps in making the best of any situation. So my goal today as these young ladies look to me for guidance and leadership is to bring all of those aspects to practice. How it will go, I have no idea or even if it will go. But we will continue as we have and figure things out as a team-together. Since no one else is giving me guidance or answering my questions or helping me when I ask for it I'm going into this head first blindly and praying-praying big time that I have the wisdom and patience and understanding to deal with whatever comes our way. And after today I hope this all goes away or at least settles down and does not rear it's ugly head at the most inopportune times.

We're going to do things that will good for the soul today and I hope and pray we all come to terms with this and do what is good for the soul-forgive and move on.

Positive thought of the day: Do what is good for your soul, be it eat chocolate, go for a bike ride or just have some alone time and forgive anything that is troubling your soul. Life is too short.