Yesterday – in and amongst the madness I grabbed a red hot “prong” that was skewering two sizable baked potatoes … this was a bad idea… but was followed by a good one 🙂

In my aromatherapy training, we were told about one of the pioneers of aromatherapy being in his lab one day and badly burning his hand  – he had no water to hand, and so the best option he had – looking for a cool liquid to soothe his burn – was to plunge his hand into a vat of lavender essential oil. What he discovered was: not only did he have no pain, but on waking the next morning he found no evidence of his hand being burned at all.

So yesterday I re-enacted this experiment – not deliberately – and my burn was not bad – but still – no soreness, no blister or blemish of any kind…

So – the lavender oil incident – is going to be my way to try and hold onto how I want to live my life…

One of the reasons I think I feel like I am drowning at the moment is because, as a therapist, I have so much information about how to look after myself bodily and emotionally – I am WEARY with all the little voices in my head telling me to avoid certain foods, make sure I consume raw food, enzymatic foods, fermented foods, foods rich in ____

…it is exhausting…

And then I have further voices about “living a good life” – not over thinking, being more conscious, doing yoga, meditation …  And  my concern that I need to be a nicer person, making a greater contribution to my world…

But actually I’m fine – and if I’m not – I remember what I need to do, and do it – as I did yesterday with the lavender.

I don’t need to live my life as if everything needs working on, fixing – as if I’m broken or in danger…

… and if I trusted more … then probably I would be more relaxed, have more energy,  and be happier – and healthier … and  I would naturally and effortlessly be nicer and make more contribution…

I leave you with two quotes:

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”   Confucius

“Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.”  Henry David Thoreau, Walden and Other Writings

Sounds like the perfect recipe for having the best time 🙂