Every Wednesday, I spend some time with my fifth graders focusing on our wellness; wellness in mind, body and spirit. We engage in activities that build a healthy mindset. We look to feed our bodies with good food and exercise. We strive to participate in gratitude so that we might extend all of the good in our lives to others. Each week, there is some purpose to our consciousness that points us all in the direction of bettering ourselves which can no doubt make the world a better place in the process. We’ve gone out to run around the track. We’ve made smoothies. We’ve learned hip hop dance. We’ve made care bags for homeless people. We’ve considered all of the ways that we want to feel as we pursue our goals and dreams and then made posters to share our feelings with the school community.
My alarm went off at 4:05 this morning. I woke up sore, tired, and a bit uneasy about the long and arduous day I was about to face. I could so easily succumb to the negativity that I’ve practiced my whole life. Uhh I don’t wanna get up. Or EVERYTHING hurts! Or I wish I didn’t have to…. Instead, I replaced the old habits with I’m so grateful. Thank you for this day, for my healthy will to feel good, for the gift of an opportunity to change someone’s life today. For these legs that will pull me through a half marathon in a winter storm this weekend. Thank you. And then I pulled back the covers, got dressed and took my dog Flo for a 3 mile walk.
I think that most everything we do is a choice. We have the choice to remember or forget, to feel good or bad, grow or stay stagnant. We choose to press the snooze button of life or to get up and on with it. Our choices are not all the same, but they’re there for us to contemplate.
Today I have a choice to make something possible. To write. To walk. To eat well. To try. To be fearless. To push. To commit. To persevere. To embrace. To be gracious. To help. To show compassion. To reflect. To stay positive. To smile. To hold my head high. To live in the moment.
I choose to be well.
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