Why am I so Tired? an article

https://parasolwellness.com/why-am-i-so-tired/?

4-Square Breathing

Box breathing, also known as four-square breathing, involves exhaling to a count of four, holding your lungs empty for a four-count, inhaling at the same pace, and holding air in your lungs for a count of four before exhaling and beginning the pattern anew.

Pandemic {a poem}

Pandemic
Lynn Ungar

What if you thought of it

as the Jews consider the Sabbath-

The most sacred of times?

Cease from travel.

Cease from buying and selling.

Give up, just fo rnow,

on trying to make the world

different than it is.

Sing. Pray. Touch only those

Tto whom you commit your life.

Centre down.

And when your body has become still,

reach out with your heart.

Know that we are connected

in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.

(You could hardly deny it now.)

Know that our lives

are in one another’s hands.

(Surely, that has come clear.)

Do not reach out your hands.

Reach out your heart.

Reach out your words.

Reach out all the tendrils

of compassion that move, invisibily,

where we cannot touch.

Promise this world your love –

for better or for worse,

in sickness and in health,

so long as we all shall live.

Coping using Gratitude

We can cope better if we can focus on the positive. A gratitude journal is a good way to remind ourselves that there is good in the world that we are grateful for. It’s also nice to look back on over time. 

Or even easier – set a reminder in your phone every day at a time that good for you to have a gratitude moment. Stop. Take just a moment and name 3 things that you are grateful for. See if it doesn’t help adjust your outlook. Research has shown that it can.

A Caretaker Prayer