Give Yourself Permission to Care For Yourself

  Written by Shemuel Israel on Dec 18, 2007 8:45 am

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I am always looking for reasons why people don't take care of themselves. Certainly we all intend to be healthy. But the commitment is not always there.    Well, I have found several reasons why people don't take care of the physical house that they live in. The reasons are anywhere on the spectrum from "I'm too busy" and "I can't afford it" to "My work schedule won't allow me" and "I would feel guilty giving myself what I need."

Eric Rolf, in his book, Soul Medicine, says that people want their condition to change without having to change their life. Healing requires a willingness to accept changes in one's life and a willingness to take the appropriate new action. So we need to give ourselves permission to:

• Take the time to work out, eat well, get enough sleep, and engage in other aspects of building a wellness home.
• Cultivate the habit of talking care of ourselves
• Change the sense of scarcity that some of us grew up with to a sense of abundance. Self care does not deplete our resources, it expands them.
• Change the belief that good people take care of other people and bad people only take care of themselves. This belief will cause you to feel guilty when you take care of yourself.
• Find a healthy role model and model them.

   When you don't take the responsibility to take care of yourself, you injure yourself. And by doing so, you make it necessary for other people to care for you. You are responsible to yourself, so that you enjoy your life. You are responsible to your mate, your family and your friends, so that you can laugh and play and enjoy them into your old age. You are responsible to your children, so that you live long enough to support and love them - and to be able to take care of your final expenses so as not to leave them in financial ruin.

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