If you haven't taken yours yet---please do it!! And if you have a choice take it by the water, preferably the ocean or my favorite--the lake. Don't make it an obligatory vacation in the sense of taking it with people who keep you tense rather than relaxed. Serenity is what to search for in making your plans.
That doesn't mean to say that partying is a no no. If that's what takes your mind off all the issues you're struggling with---go for it. But keep it to a minimum...otherwise you're trading one problem for another. But do bring along a diversion.
Good conversation, books, painting and water splashing truly are restorative. If you need constant activity, just take only a short time out to enjoy the above, but do give yourself the gift of removal---removal from all those bills, health worries, unwanted emails, texts, and of course people!!
I personally need the break from paperwork. At times I have really been totally overwhelmed by these kinds of demands. So sitting here at my lake home and peacefully working on the documentation of the memoir I've been writing for over six years (obviously with some very long breaks), and doing some swimming and sunning each morning, have all been unbelievably helpful in resting my mind so I'm prepared for the pace of New York city which I have loved so very much as well.
In the past I never took advantage of this place as the getaway it can be. Now, with age, I realize its importance and I'm happy in the knowledge that there is a place for me to go to return to a quieter sense of self.
If you cannot take the time to travel to serenity, here's a way to 'vacation' sitting right in your office. Take out five to seven minutes and sit down and do the following:
With your eyes closed imagine yourself at the beach, or the lake. Talk first to your toes and then travel up your legs telling these body parts to simply relax and to feel like jelly. Continue up to your pelvic and stomach area, to your chest and arms and into your neck and your head. Think of yourself as a limp rag doll at the beach. Hear the water splashing and just concentrate on your breathing...nothing else. After awhile, send a message to all these body parts of energy, and then slowly let the good feeling take you over. Open your eyes, stretch, and return to life with a renewed sense. It is a great way to take a vacation any time you need one. You can even shorten the process so that you can do it while waiting for an elevator!
Finally, if you cannot get away by water, go someplace with just yourself even for a day or two. This too is restorative. But folks...it's still summer---take a vacation!
Hope you enjoyed the session...Be back in NYC on and off until the 15th when life down there really starts for me!
Mimi Scott, Ph.D
917 846-2449
212 721-2979
mimi@drmimiscott.com or mscott13@aol.com
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Sunday, July 4, 2010
NEW BEGININGS...LETTING GO
This past week I experienced the high school graduation of my only grandson Dylan from High School; my move back to my beloved New York City from Florida; and the loss of my 98 year old Uncle Moe. It was quite an emotional time.
For all of us it will be a 'new beginning'. For Dylan of course he will begin that wonderful period of life at college. For me I will hopefully bring new participation to the world of show business as well as to the world of my new passion of painting. For uncle Moe he has shed the cloak of this world in order to 'begin' his sojourn into the heavenly sphere. All of us must actually 'let go' in some way in order to experience that 'new beginning'
Uncle Moe and my Aunt Gert, who will be 98 this August, celebrated their 75th anniversary this past Fall. Indeed their milestone was noted in the US congress. As such they have been idols of mine. Together since they were 12, they truly were a pair throughout their time here. And certainly for the moment this will be a 'new beginning' for Aunt Gert whom I expect will be around for another 10 years...she is perhaps the strongest woman I know...a real pisser! When told that her beloved Moe was about to pass, her response was: "What do you expect. He's 98 years old!"
Not too long ago I tried to get information from Aunt Gert about which I could write. In asking what it was that made her partnership last so long, she replied: "You learn to let go' This adage helps me feel that Aunt Gert will somehow be able to "let uncle Moe" go and to 'move on'. But there is very much more to the process of 'letting go'.
Of course Dylan will be 'letting go' of the safety and security of his wonderful parents, sister and home. I will be 'letting go' of the beautiful surroundings and weather I enjoyed in Florida, plus my two beloved pups who died there this past year, and Uncle Moe will 'let go' of all that this world represented in order to pass into the next one free of the pain and stress of this life.
But all of us would do well to learn to 'let it go'. Certainly in our relationships where we often harbor the slights and offenses of our partners, relatives and friends. What good is it to let the anger 'eat us up' when we can choose to 'let go' and thus open the door to new understandings and, in some cases where the situations are truly toxic, to new partners, friends, etc. I try to remember Aunt Gert's words when I get 'petty' about utterances and deeds of those with whom I have been involved. On occasion I actually succeed.
So I want to take this moment to say "So Long" to the wonderful, kind man that my Uncle Moe was; to my beloved Dylan as he 'flies the coop' and to the many friends that I found during my somewhat short stay in that beautiful land...stay in touch.
And all you guys in New York...here I come! It won't be long before I get you all over to my new digs and we babble about all our 'new beginings'
Hopefully you enjoyed this session.
Mimi Scott, Ph.d
917 846-2449
212 721-2979 (Sound familiar? Believe it or not, I got my same number back!
For all of us it will be a 'new beginning'. For Dylan of course he will begin that wonderful period of life at college. For me I will hopefully bring new participation to the world of show business as well as to the world of my new passion of painting. For uncle Moe he has shed the cloak of this world in order to 'begin' his sojourn into the heavenly sphere. All of us must actually 'let go' in some way in order to experience that 'new beginning'
Uncle Moe and my Aunt Gert, who will be 98 this August, celebrated their 75th anniversary this past Fall. Indeed their milestone was noted in the US congress. As such they have been idols of mine. Together since they were 12, they truly were a pair throughout their time here. And certainly for the moment this will be a 'new beginning' for Aunt Gert whom I expect will be around for another 10 years...she is perhaps the strongest woman I know...a real pisser! When told that her beloved Moe was about to pass, her response was: "What do you expect. He's 98 years old!"
Not too long ago I tried to get information from Aunt Gert about which I could write. In asking what it was that made her partnership last so long, she replied: "You learn to let go' This adage helps me feel that Aunt Gert will somehow be able to "let uncle Moe" go and to 'move on'. But there is very much more to the process of 'letting go'.
Of course Dylan will be 'letting go' of the safety and security of his wonderful parents, sister and home. I will be 'letting go' of the beautiful surroundings and weather I enjoyed in Florida, plus my two beloved pups who died there this past year, and Uncle Moe will 'let go' of all that this world represented in order to pass into the next one free of the pain and stress of this life.
But all of us would do well to learn to 'let it go'. Certainly in our relationships where we often harbor the slights and offenses of our partners, relatives and friends. What good is it to let the anger 'eat us up' when we can choose to 'let go' and thus open the door to new understandings and, in some cases where the situations are truly toxic, to new partners, friends, etc. I try to remember Aunt Gert's words when I get 'petty' about utterances and deeds of those with whom I have been involved. On occasion I actually succeed.
So I want to take this moment to say "So Long" to the wonderful, kind man that my Uncle Moe was; to my beloved Dylan as he 'flies the coop' and to the many friends that I found during my somewhat short stay in that beautiful land...stay in touch.
And all you guys in New York...here I come! It won't be long before I get you all over to my new digs and we babble about all our 'new beginings'
Hopefully you enjoyed this session.
Mimi Scott, Ph.d
917 846-2449
212 721-2979 (Sound familiar? Believe it or not, I got my same number back!
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