Y’all, if you’re in the Greater Niagara Region and need a massage (and I’m not available 😇) my girl over here, Sarah Botman, with Wildflower Wellness is the doggone BEST!
So, I know I’m not the best at doing self-care… But come on, who is, right?
For me it usually takes a physical injury of moderate to high magnitude to slow my roll and seek help. Aaand that is precisely what happened, again, this time.
I think it was Einstein who said something about doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result was the definition of insanity. Not to be that parent, but, as mother to a rambunctous six year old, I’m already kinda there, bud… So what is it then?
Self-worth? Self-doubt? Self-sabbotage?
Probably a mildly toxic cocktail of all three if we’re being honest.
But, speaking of nerds — in an attempt to read about the basics (ha…) of quantum physics back when I was laid up with another injury, I came across an interesting concept that turned my own thoughts on their proverbial head.
And speaking of Einstein, quantum physics pissed him off to no end. Despite winning a Nobel prize in 1921 and being hailed as one of the founding fathers of Quantum Mechanics, he just couldn’t reconcile its inherent unpredictability.
But the thing is, in the quantum world (where essentially anything goes), in theory, conceptually opposite things have an equal chance of happening (metaphorically I think Newton knew this on some level too — his third law states that every force has an equal and opposite reaction.) I mean, if you think about it, you can pretty much Leeroy Jenkins yourself into almost any situation in a world based on quantum theories…
But in the relatively narrow view of self-care, as I understand it, when you think shitty thoughts about things and then watch those shitty thoughts roll downhill and spill their shittiness all over your life, if you just take a moment to pull your head out of your ass and switch gears, there’s a chance that when you think PAWSITIVE thoughts, you may set in motion a chain of events that could actually help you — i.e. choosing self-care!
I could go on and on and on about the benefits of massage to a person’s general well-being, but honestly, it’s a bit redundant. We all know massage is where it’s at if you want to feel like you just woke up on a cloud of rainbows and puppy kisses:
I rest my case.
Switch your thinking. Get a massage with dogs on your butt and back. Change the flavour of your universe.
And go see Sarah!
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