The Full Belly Is In
I’m at the gas station today filling up my car when a car full of teenagers drive by and the big mouth driver shouts to me, “Eat something! You look hungry!” Wow! Gotta love our kids! They tell it like it is…
I’m taken back that some young stranger could see that I’m a little empty today though smartly put together in my favorite lavender dress, dark shades and fancy shoes. But I’ve realized she’s exactly right – I’ve been giving too much of myself for quite sometime in a few draining areas. I’ve forgotten about my boundaries and my limits and that it’s okay to respect both. And I find it a little ironic that all this transpired at the gas station while filling my cute, sparkly red Cube’s tank. Making sure it’s full to the brim, admittedly topping off. Just to make sure she’s happy to get me where I want to go. I think that loud mouth kid was just the verbal slap in the face I needed to fill up my own inner reservoir – to fill my belly with love, patience, kindness, rest, inspiration, exercise, conversation, art, beauty, healthy food, chocolate and all my favorite things that nourish my spirit to get me where I want to be. I guess you could say the trend for me right now, spiritually and emotionally speaking…thin ain’t in – full is.
So that’s what I’ve decided to do. Rekindle that inner fire and passion deep down in my belly and soon it will radiate outward, maybe it’s already started to. As best I can, bravely ditch the old, stale and sometimes false habits of the “last season” me to create a more authentic, on-trend version of myself by trusting the gentle, cleansing and healing process of the Universe. And taking the time to notice the little miracles of love and happiness that happen along the way. Maybe it’s your time to buy into this new trend I’m proposing. Maybe it’s not. Maybe when I’m at the party store this weekend filling up balloons for my son’s 3rd birthday some other kid will yell at me, “Hey, get a boob job Lady!” and all this raving will be replaced with rantings about my post-nursing shrinkage, gel bra inserts and interviews with Scottsdale’s finest plastic surgeons. I guess we’ll just have to see how this all plays out…xoxo
I would like to dedicate this Mother’s Day week posting to my gorgeous mom for raising a big mouth kid of her own and to my dear friend and mentor Dr. Kathleen Hosner of www.fullbellyonline.com.
