Have you ever felt completely drained, as if you had nothing left to give to anyone or any situation? I'm sure most of us feel like this occasionally, but for some of us it can mean that you are traveling through your life on a constantly empty tank.
I know what it's like to feel that you never get the chance to just be. Every situation and every person in your life wants something from you. I believed after battling illness for years and then struggling through years of IVF, I was completely drained. After eventually achieving success with IVF, I felt like I had nothing left to offer the child I had fought so hard to have. It has taken me some time to realize that I had simply ignored the fact that I needed to refuel.
Refueling is going to mean different things and come about in different ways for different people. Sometimes it may come about in the way of food, or doing things that enrich your soul and bring happiness to your life. It could even be as simple as taking some time for you or finding something to have a good gut-wrenching laugh about. It could be all of these things. What I am absolutely sure about is that it does need to happen.
I would like to share with you something my Mum did for me after my first child was born. Illness had reared its ugly head and I was unable physically to look after my newborn baby. I felt a lot of guilt over the fact that my baby needed me and I had nothing physically or mentally to give him. At this time my Mother gave to me the best gift I could have asked for. She would hand the baby to me when he didn't need anything from me. He had already been fed, bathed and changed, and I could simply just enjoy being with him.
Sometimes refueling yourself might actually come in the form of helping to refuel somebody else. Thank you Mum & Happy Birthday.
Lynda Alderton
For http://www.unity-qld.com.au/
I know what it's like to feel that you never get the chance to just be. Every situation and every person in your life wants something from you. I believed after battling illness for years and then struggling through years of IVF, I was completely drained. After eventually achieving success with IVF, I felt like I had nothing left to offer the child I had fought so hard to have. It has taken me some time to realize that I had simply ignored the fact that I needed to refuel.
Refueling is going to mean different things and come about in different ways for different people. Sometimes it may come about in the way of food, or doing things that enrich your soul and bring happiness to your life. It could even be as simple as taking some time for you or finding something to have a good gut-wrenching laugh about. It could be all of these things. What I am absolutely sure about is that it does need to happen.
I would like to share with you something my Mum did for me after my first child was born. Illness had reared its ugly head and I was unable physically to look after my newborn baby. I felt a lot of guilt over the fact that my baby needed me and I had nothing physically or mentally to give him. At this time my Mother gave to me the best gift I could have asked for. She would hand the baby to me when he didn't need anything from me. He had already been fed, bathed and changed, and I could simply just enjoy being with him.
Sometimes refueling yourself might actually come in the form of helping to refuel somebody else. Thank you Mum & Happy Birthday.
Lynda Alderton
For http://www.unity-qld.com.au/
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