I had a headcold Thursday that had me sneezing all day and by Friday it had morphed into a cough as well.  Today I pulled out the Mucinex so I could breathe. When I am feeling overworked, my body pretends it’s having a cold. Whether I treat it or not, it lasts a few days.  “With breathing difficulties, your body is signaling that you want to take on too much and you will not admit any limitation, even to yourself. You want to seem strong. You want things to be done your way, and when that doesn’t happen, a cold is just the excuse you need to not be strong as you seem. The internal approach of ‘taking on too much’ is poisoning and suffocating you. Liberate yourself.” I found it interesting since while yes, I do work a lot, I don’t feel there’s any area of my life that things are not being done my way, nor that I need to be liberated from anything.  I’m riding a happy wave with work, personal life, health.

I prefer to think of me giving myself a “cold” to remind me to slow down, pay attention to my breathing and be inspired. The word “inspire” means to breathe in.  A realization in morning meditation was that lately I’ve been rushing to get all my work done so I can have fun (my ongoing myth,) and only rarely standing still to fully breathe in the wonder around me.  Thank Shiva for a partner whose water and air tempers my fire and takes me to that still place every day that lets me reboot.  Astrologically, this is a challenging time for me however my experience is that, while I’m learning lessons and having insights every day, there’s no struggle to it whatsoever. I feel like I just relaxed and let the current take me and I’m immensely enjoying the journey. Just because you’re on the Path doesn’t mean it has to be hard, and just because it’s easy doesn’t mean you’re not growing in leaps and bounds.