It can be hard to take time for ourselves.

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We all have so many demands on our time.

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So many things we want to do.

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People all around us are asking for our attention.

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Sometimes all we want to do is close the door and just be by ourselves.

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Yet it seems harder and harder to just do that.

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Having space in our lives for ourselves is essential for our well being.

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Though it tends to be the last thing we actually make a priority.

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Maybe we have aging parents to take care of.

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Or children that desire our constant attention.

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Even our dog wants us to play with her all the time.

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So where is the time for ourselves?

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Life can become too full for us.

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Full of commitments to family, jobs, or businesses.

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So we forget about the most important commitment of all.

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The commitment to ourselves.

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To honor our own needs.

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And fill up our own cup.

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We easily forget that when we don't take care of our own needs we make it harder to handle our commitment to others.

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With so many people relying on us for one thing or another, we don't want to let any of them down.

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So we let ourselves down instead.

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This is exactly what gets us in trouble.

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For when we deny and neglect our own needs, we are bound to not be able to live up to all our other commitments.

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Giving ourselves space and time to just breathe can be huge for us.

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Especially when we have so much going on in our lives.

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We need time to process, to feel, and to reflect.

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And when we do we just might find that we don't really want to do all the things we are doing.

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The space we give ourselves might just be what we need to see everything more clearly.

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To see exactly what we are doing and what we no longer wish to do.

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Without taking the time to sit back and take a moment, we cannot gain a new perspective.

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Taking time to just be with ourselves is the most productive thing we can do.

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As it gives us a chance to feel what we are really feeling.

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Instead of numbly going from one task to another.

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Is that not a better way to live?

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Can you give yourself a chance to just sit and breathe and be with yourself?

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If you do, what new perspectives can you cultivate?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour