{"id":7675,"date":"2010-02-21T08:17:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T13:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=7675"},"modified":"2023-10-23T06:39:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T11:39:15","slug":"the-importance-of-having-friends-who-call-you-on-your-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-having-friends-who-call-you-on-your-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance Of Having Friends Who Call You On Your Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had a headcold for the past few days.\u00a0 I always keep my Facebook friends posted with what I’m doing, so yesterday I wrote:\u00a0 <wakes up, takes swig of Nyquil, thinks about soup, passes back out<\/em>>\u00a0 A girlfriend, who pulls no punches, joked – although we both knew it was no joke: “Andrea, why the heck are you manifesting illness? What is it about being sick you wish to experience?<\/em>”\u00a0 I love having friends who call me on my stuff!<\/p>\n

I’d been pondering that very question myself the past month.\u00a0 It seems I’ve been taking myself down for the count about twice a year and that’s not a pattern I want to continue.\u00a0\u00a0 I replied to Lorraine: “I think I do it because it’s the only time I let myself rest and relax and not work. I always get a “head cold” when I feel overwhelmed and suffocated by people.\u00a0 Maybe I think that justifies me not working. I’m gonna hafta rewire my belief system there.”<\/p>\n

One of the first thoughts that comes to me when I get “sick” is how good it felt when I was in the hospital <\/a>knowing that whatever was going on with me was under control and I was being taken good care of.\u00a0 I know that I don’t want to vibrate in that place for too long – that place of having others care for me – so I remind myself that I am the one who can take the best care of myself.<\/p>\n

I remind myself that I bounce back quickly when I do go down.\u00a0 I remind myself that I eat the right foods and exercise, and that goes a long way in keeping me in tiptop shape.\u00a0 I have a busy schedule but I don’t have a stressful life.\u00a0 Or at least that’s what I’ve been telling myself.\u00a0 Yeah, that’s right, denial.<\/p>\n

I was over 50 when I wised up and began to eat right and exercise, and at 57 I am healthier and stronger and happier than I was a dozen years ago.\u00a0 But I still keep forgetting to rest and relax, and to get enough sleep on a regular basis.\u00a0 I keep forgetting I’m not Superman.<\/p>\n

But when I give myself a headcold or a 24 hour bug, I make myself stay in bed, I don’t even try to work, I just spend time lounging around and hydrating and basking in the feeling of the comfy bed and all the good rest I’m getting.\u00a0 But I need to remind myself to rest up and lounge around on a regular basis so I don’t need to experience a head cold in order to enjoy it.<\/p>\n

I think it’s important to have friends who call me on my stuff.\u00a0 They give me reminders I need, they are signposts on my journey, the let me know which direction I’m headed.<\/p>\n

And when I’m heading off track.<\/p>\n

Thanks, Lorraine!<\/p>\n

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