Once again, I woke up early (Wheew, very early I should say!) and I am bothered. I don’t know what is boggling my mind but I can’t seem to find the way to g to sleep again! I am disturbed, internally! I run over my laptop and found this article over the net and I have decided to share it with you! Nice reading….

It was 4.30 a.m. My baby had just nursed, and I knew his full stomach would keep him in dreamland for the next hour and a half. My husband wasn’t due to wake up for work till 6.30 a.m. I was wide awake, gazing at my two sleeping boys. I could finally have a moment with myself. I turned the computer on. It was time to play “Plants vs. Zombies.”

If you analyze your typical day, how much time do you spend doing things for others? How much time do you spend with yourself? Let’s take out the usual bath time, toothbrush time, dressing up time. How much of the day do you spend to indulge yourself? This could be a question more easily answered by much younger ones. They have more free time. Then again, they have school the whole day, just as we in the workforce have a day job. So what parts of the day are really spent with oneself? I’m quite interested in what mothers have to say!

Motherhood has a way of grabbing “me moments” away from you. When I find myself with spare time, I fix my baby’s bookshelf or put his toys back in the chest. Sometimes it’s grabbing a quick shower or wolfing down a quick snack. When the baby wakes up, all attention is on the baby and those moments you had wanted to spend indulging yourself say bye-bye.

The other day, my baby fell asleep in his grandfather’s arms. As my father cradled his grandson, I ran to the kitchen to grab that elusive “me moment.” I made myself a cup of coffee, bit into a hot piece of pan de coco, and felt my whole body relax. Aaah, finally, I could sit in my chair and not think of anything else. I could enjoy my merienda in peace.

The warm coffee calmed me down, as if whispering to me “Quiet time now, just chill out.” To chill out with something warm is one of the most comfortable sensations. I tore off a piece of pan de coco and dipped it into the coffee. Oh, deliciousness! I was transported back to my childhood. Pan de coco was shared among my cousins and myself during merienda time, and I smiled at the deluge of memories a bite of pan de coco brought. I sat at the kitchen table taking in the warmth of my meal, enjoying the afternoon breeze sing quietly through the windows. I detached my mind from work worries and from my never-ending to-do list.

In the breezy afternoon, it was just my mug of coffee, my pan de coco and me.

It was the best ten minutes of my day.

As I washed my mug and wiped the bread crumbs off the kitchen table, my mind slowly went back to the day’s yet-to-be-done’s. There was a long list waiting for me, but that moment with myself was good enough to recharge me.

Whether it’s immersing yourself in a video game or losing yourself in a quiet moment of coffee and hot bread, sometimes all you need is a little quiet to put you at ease with the blast of activities that’s coming at you.

(by Toni Tiu)

Source: ph.yfittopostblog.com

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