LEMONADE FOR THE SOUL

During these hot summer months
It’s important
to keep hydrated.
When you travel
on the London underground
you hear regularly
over the platform
loudspeakers –

“IN THIS HOT WEATHER PASSENGERS ARE ADVISED TO CARRY A BOTTLE OF WATER WITH THEM.”

Its good advice.

Do you know what else is
good advice?
Always carry with you
something you can read,
listen to,
or just glance at,
to remind yourself that you’re going to be ok!
That you are strong even though you feel weak.
That you are acceptable,
good enough,
someone of value,
and lovable.
That there is
HOPE,
and to not give up
or hang your head.
That in this moment you are in –
YOU ARE SAFE
and even if it feels like a storm is raging
KNOW
it will grow calm –
over time –
and you will find –
A QUIET PLACE AGAIN.

THIS IS HYDRATION FOR YOUR SPIRIT –

This is –

LEMONADE FOR THE SOUL!!!!!!!

This entry was posted on August 14, 2013 at 9:06 am and is filed under dry days. with tags #abusedwomen, #childhoodabuse, #conditioning, #domesticabuse, #encouragement, #healing, #hope, #lemonade, #mentalhealth, #motivation, #recovery, #self-esteem, #self-help. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “LEMONADE FOR THE SOUL”

Monica Says:
August 14, 2013 at 9:25 am

We lucky ones will know that the picture you’ve posted is not lemonade, but nettle syrup! Perhaps even more appropriate in the context of this post. Nutrients and antioxidants aside, did you know that the Università di Pisa in Italy found that nettle had a relaxing effect that produced a decrease in blood pressure. Holy wow!

I do not carry lemonade, or nettle syrup, but I have recently begun wearing a discarded scrap of black hiking boot lace that I found in the Pyrenees. Mountains (or even some good hills) are my happy place, and I wear the boot lace to bring me back there, especially when I’m feeling weak and puny, or when my brain is spinning like a top! I only take it off in the pool (but replace with a swim watch which oddly has a similar effect).

Boot laces for the soul!

Reply
- thoroughbred24 Says:
  August 14, 2013 at 9:34 am
  
  ha ha ha i love it – boot laces for the soul – yes thats exactly the sort of thing I’m talking about – anything that gets you to a happy place –
  I didn’t know all that about nettle syrup – i shall have to pass it on to the red headed one x
  
  Reply
  - Monica Says:
    August 14, 2013 at 9:36 am
    
    About the nettles – I confess, nor did I. Until I read this: http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/benefits-of-stinging-nettle/ The red headed one might enjoy that article. Lots of science, with citations!
    
    Reply
    - thoroughbred24 Says:
      August 14, 2013 at 9:39 am
      
      thanks
      
      Reply
ksbeth Says:
August 14, 2013 at 2:00 pm

wonderful advice, and i love the title )

Reply

what do you think? Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

THE TILTED ROOM