All Day Long
I rose up at about 4:30 am with a pep in my step knowing that I would be going to the city for my full CT scan and to see the surgeon involved in my cancer removal surgery. All went well until the afternoon appointment turned into a two hour ordeal when I'd been at the hospital since 6:30 in the morning. I literally left my home at about five in the morning and did not get back until about three pm. Yet all in all the experience was amazing, warm, funny and even fulfilling.
My visit to the gift shop between appointments gave me a chance to buy a little gift for my daughter in hopes that we would have lunch. I flew over to the shoe store on Michigan ave. and bought a pair os shoes, various tassels to put on them and socks. I had been to the gift shop in the Gaultier building at NMH and bought some comfy clogs. I was proud of myself for giving myself some loving gifts while keeping my chin up around my situation.
Between the first and second appointment I see a woman sitting alone at a table in the lobby and asked if I might sit down. Suddenly a conversation unfolded and we were exchanging stories and laughing. She'd just come down from an eye doctor appointment and her eyes were still teared up from the solution. I thought she'd been crying when i fact she had not been. I asked her if she was alright and noted her accent and began speaking to her in Spanish. We sat there for an hour until she felt safe to leave and to drive. She bid me a farewell and it all felt to familiar to me. I wanted to hug her but then I could not bring myself to ask and I did not want her to feel unsafe. My heart touched hers and I was happy to have had that brief time with her.
As I left to meet my daughter for lunch after my appointments I felt anxious and at the same time excited. We went to an Italian eatery in the building where she works and at one point I cried because inside it was so difficult to hold my vessel of emotion realizing suddenly that I had held something inside for days, hours and who knows minutes before.
My journey today was to start early but goddess had another plan for me. I was to be in my joy and I was to be in my integrity. I had a great day and I had a day of tears. I had it rough but I had it so lovingly with doctors who did their best and nurses who did their best. All in all I saw that my role was to be kind to myaelf. My role was to pamper myself and to become all that I could be so that others could show me their potential as well. I understood more that I cannot change anyone nor make them feel compassion for me because that is my job.
Where are you at in the area of self love? Where are you at in your integrity and what are you willing to hold inside and speak outside. What will be your journey today but not to feel the joy all over.
coach Elliott
My visit to the gift shop between appointments gave me a chance to buy a little gift for my daughter in hopes that we would have lunch. I flew over to the shoe store on Michigan ave. and bought a pair os shoes, various tassels to put on them and socks. I had been to the gift shop in the Gaultier building at NMH and bought some comfy clogs. I was proud of myself for giving myself some loving gifts while keeping my chin up around my situation.
Between the first and second appointment I see a woman sitting alone at a table in the lobby and asked if I might sit down. Suddenly a conversation unfolded and we were exchanging stories and laughing. She'd just come down from an eye doctor appointment and her eyes were still teared up from the solution. I thought she'd been crying when i fact she had not been. I asked her if she was alright and noted her accent and began speaking to her in Spanish. We sat there for an hour until she felt safe to leave and to drive. She bid me a farewell and it all felt to familiar to me. I wanted to hug her but then I could not bring myself to ask and I did not want her to feel unsafe. My heart touched hers and I was happy to have had that brief time with her.
As I left to meet my daughter for lunch after my appointments I felt anxious and at the same time excited. We went to an Italian eatery in the building where she works and at one point I cried because inside it was so difficult to hold my vessel of emotion realizing suddenly that I had held something inside for days, hours and who knows minutes before.
My journey today was to start early but goddess had another plan for me. I was to be in my joy and I was to be in my integrity. I had a great day and I had a day of tears. I had it rough but I had it so lovingly with doctors who did their best and nurses who did their best. All in all I saw that my role was to be kind to myaelf. My role was to pamper myself and to become all that I could be so that others could show me their potential as well. I understood more that I cannot change anyone nor make them feel compassion for me because that is my job.
Where are you at in the area of self love? Where are you at in your integrity and what are you willing to hold inside and speak outside. What will be your journey today but not to feel the joy all over.
coach Elliott
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