Today, schools are out and I am watching a friend’s
seven-year old daughter while she works. Girls are fun! After French-braiding her hair, I doctored a big owweee on her knee. She scraped it pretty bad a few days ago and the skin is red and angry.
We poured hydrogen
peroxide on it and white foam sizzled for five minutes. I told her the white foam shows us how important the medicine is to fight the infection and get her wound healed.
Of course that started me thinking. Wouldn’t it be great if we could use hydrogen peroxide for our lives? If we could pour it over the areas that matter most and visibly see where we
need more TLC?
Think about your life as it relates to the items listed and imagine pouring hydrogen peroxide on each of them. Which one(s) would bubble up and show a need for “medicine?”
•
Relationships
• Careers or business ventures
• Financial health
• Self-talk
• Daily soul fulfillment
• Physical health
• Emotional well-being
• Spiritual condition
What does your “Neosporin” look
like?
• Forgiveness (for others and self)
• Honesty
• Renewed commitments
• Accountability with others on a similar path
• Accurate look at finances and priorities plus willingness to ask for help and guidance
•
A minimum of five minutes a day doing soul-nourishing activities (creativity, inspiration, singing in the shower)
• Daily walks
• Intuitive floor stretching
• Dancing to a great song
• Cuddling with fur babies
• Writing
a love letter to yourself
• Making a gratitude list for every letter A-Z
• Prayer and meditation
• Journaling
• Immersion in nature
• A trip to the playground
Today, decide where you need extra “medicine.” Be gentle and generous! Repeat! When we give ourselves TLC as needed, sooner rather than later, we can cultivate wellness—hope for today and faith in the future. Now pardon me, she's waited long enough and our next dose of
medicine today is the playground. ; )
