Frequent Freedom

Good morning! Another overcast day. Thank goodness - Randy just called and said he would not come today, but tomorrow to do some yard work for me. Thank goodness! Now I get another free day. Two in a row! And, luckily there was a cancellation and my appointment with Dr. Biddle (Asheville Integrative Medicine) got moved up to next Wednesday! I'm really eager to hear what he has to say about my IBS that I've been living with ever since my gall bladder was removed - 25 years ago. ------Whoops! Now I am showing my age - I've always wondered why old folks talk about there illnesses so often - Sorry about that.-----Truly this morning freedom is what is on my mind. It's amazing to me how I react when I am given free time, time to be or do on my own terms. My whole body lets go and relaxes into the present and I smile knowing there are no requirements of me. No one is expecting anything from me. There is absolutely nothing I MUST do. There may be things I SHOULD do, but I'm learning to ignore those signals and let them go until they turn into MUST do's. Shoulds can drive me crazy if I let them. When I get right down to it, there are very few musts. And, if I restrict myself to those, freedom becomes more frequent. It's what I do in those free moments that make life worth living.