IS TAKING TIME OUT FOR YOURSELF TOO DIFFICULT?

Is taking time out for yourself too difficult?  Do you go on a guilt trip every time you take some me time?  Why is that do you think?

We seem to have become conditioned to a life of frenetic activity these days despite all of the labour saving devices and modern technology that are out there to help us in today’s modern world.  We are generally speaking, more time poor and more stressed than our ancestors were.

Our ancestors well understood the thought behind the phrase – take time to smell the roses – and did just that.  Their days generally speaking were dictated by the weather and the seasons, the rise and fall of the sun and moon.  Early to bed early to rise was a fact of life not dictated to by bars and clubs that stayed open until the early hours of the morning, or movies that were available on TV screens all night.  They worked hard, they slept well, ate better and were thankful for families and friends and the blessings they had.  Can we say the same today?

Taking a little time out was something that was often enjoyed as a family with the family coming together to play board games, or enjoying a family picnic.  Shock, horror… they even held conversations around the dinner table without the interruptions of text messages and mobile phones.  Reading was a pleasure – parents even read to their children.  As books were possessions more likely to be available to those people who were well heeled and as not everyone was able to read – the person who could recite a yarn or a poem to an audience were valued guests.  Our earliest communication means was always word of mouth and like the game of Chinese Whispers the end story no doubt wasn’t quite the same as it started out, but nonetheless the story was told.

Poetry became a method of people remembering the story to pass it along.  The rhymes and the rhythm seemed easier to remember and tended to stick in the brain as it were.  In exactly the same way that children learn and remember nursery rhymes and I bet, even if you are well past those childhood years that you still remember the words to Humpty Dumpty or Mary had a little lamb.

So perhaps, if you feel that a little time taken for yourself is not a bad thing and if you would like to lose yourself for just a while amongst some four legged tails, green fields and the Australian Bush.  meet a few characters, have a bit of a giggle and a bit of a sigh then perhaps you might like to read my book -  Aussie Tails and Aussie Males and one or two other things.

You will find it here -  http://bookstore.bookcountry.com/Products/SKU-000641615/Aussie-Tails-and-Aussie-Males-and-One-or-Two-Other-Things.aspx