Day 863: I haven’t got time for …

One benefit of living one’s entire life with a chronic, eventually fatal condition (which we all have, if you think about it):

It can focus you wonderfully on what’s important in the moment.

As a result, I often hear myself saying

“I haven’t got time for this.”

For example, recently I have stated  that I haven’t got time for ...

• Self-doubt,
• Anguish about things I cannot control,
• Pettiness,
• Rigidity,
• Unhelpful judgments, and
• Shame about my own imperfections.

This morning,  as I woke up, I had time to recognize that I was feeling dizzy and nauseated, due to a revisit from Benign Paroxysmal  Positional Vertigo (BPPV) …  probably triggered by my being in the same position for 7 hours last week during cardiac surgery.

And, I said to myself:

I haven’t got time for this.

So, I’ll be working on asking for help to resolve that, today.

In the meantime, I do have time for:

• healing tears,
• those I love,
• music,

• blogging, and
• photos from yesterday, including

      

That last photo was from a therapy session where I was inviting somebody to have (1) less time for harsh self-judgments about their body and (2) more time for feeling “just right.”

Here’s another image from yesterday, when I didn’t have time to focus:

That bumper sticker says

Something wonderful is about to happen.

I always have time for something wonderful. I wonder if that includes a comment from you?

Thanks to all that I always have time for, including people in therapy, good music, the Citgo sign near Fenway Park in Boston, helpful bumper stickers, and you!