I usually have my coffee first thing, after meditating, and before anything else. One recent morning I knew I had to take my car to have a tire checked, so I jumped out of bed and dressed to go for a walk. I never get out the door until 8:30 at the earliest. The walk was beautiful, at 6 a.m. 

All I heard were the birds chirping. It was cooler, of course, than it would be later in the day. I came home, had breakfast, worked on several projects, and called to make an appointment for the car.

There was a nail in the tire. I was glad I took it to be looked at because it was losing pressure for several days, and I really don’t want a flat at an inconvenient time!

I was back home by 10:30, got right back to work on my projects, all of which I was really enjoying, and really didn’t think about the coffee.

I think the walk gave me energy! I am excited to switch my little routine around. I always think that I can’t function without drinking my coffee.

Well I can.

I am now expanding my thinking around this. What else have I assumed could only be looked at one way? Am I too set in my ways at this midlife time of my life?

Deepak Chopra says that flexibility is the key to immortality. I will definitely “mix up” my routine again! The coffee that I had at a later than usual time tasted better at 11:30, and I savored every sip.

Can you think of one little action you can “mix up” in the next few days? Take a different route; change your time for dinner, or any other thing that is small but it persists in an unchangeable way in your life at this time. What would you like to shake up?

Warm regards,

Lorraine

This entry was posted by Lorraine Calhoun on October 22nd, 2007 under Mid-Life with keywords .

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