THE PAUSE : alive and well, and processing
edition 008 - the power of daily gratitude, and slowing down even more with yourself to embrace how lucky we are
THE PAUSE
you all loved the song to kick off our email last week, so let’s do it again ♡
a small, icy story
four days no power
we had a massive ice storm sweep across parts of ontario that took out our power on saturday evening, which is still rocking our town.
picture this: every 30-60 seconds as you try to sleep on a cozy saturday evening, you hear branches crack and trees fall - waiting for one to come crashing down on your home.
from 11pm until 4am it continued (then i finally fell asleep) - and it didn’t stop until late sunday afternoon - resulting in a loss of roughly 30% of our volume of trees at the farm. pretty heartbreaking.
many people in neighbouring towns suffered a lot more - and in the end, we were lucky for no house or car damage.
sunday we woke up to an apocalyptic scene. we were blocked in by multiple large trees on our road, unable to go anywhere. and little did we know, we were only embarking on day one with no power.
a photo of our side yard after this weekend’s ice storm
the amazing thing about small communities is everyone has a neighbourhood cowboy - and ours was out sunday afternoon pushing trees off the road with his tractor to allow us access to the world (thanks dan!!!!) - even though highways were still closed.
it’s a wild thing to see your world get turned upside down in a mere few hours. going from having access to all of the things you need in the world - to having nothing but body warmth and a roof (yes, we have a well as our water source so not even our water has been running).
diogo and i were unable to find stress relief - and my anxiety was almost at a full blown panic attack come monday afternoon. so much to clean up, so many people displaced, and friends and family looking for some sort of resolve. many still are.
a story worth sharing to help us all recognize how absolutely lucky and blessed we are to enjoy a life of warmth, comfort, convenience, and one with access to power for personal connection and household necessities.
♡ pause rise up from your seat. move your body and breathe in tune with each movement (lower your neck, breathe out, raise your head breathe in - do this for multiple areas of your body)
♡ journal question what am I forgetting to be grateful for every single day?
♡ thought process when i move, speak, express, and sing i am processing energy and emotions in my body.
♡ daily habit 5 minutes of fresh air in the morning before you start your day.
♡ wellbeing challenge do your research on the utensil you use most in your kitchen (if it has chemicals in it/on it, throw it out)
write down 111 things you are grateful for in your life.
one hundred and eleven things being written down by you that make you feel so blessed - now that’s a way to get into a good mood.
i challenge you to share some or ALL of your responses with me ♡ just hit reply.
♡ something new i have to share is that the skinny confidential has come out with a toxin-free toilet paper and i am all about it… what i am not all about is the price (anyone want to make a more affordable tox-free tp with me?). check it out either way, because the purpose behind it is fantastic. so many toilet paper companies have dyes and chemicals in their tp - and these are products that are touching our most sensitive areas! good to be aware and find alternatives - and you can see what their tp is made of and find a local one thats affordable for you that is made of the same stuff.
rest until i see you next ♡
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