Morning Feelings: Embracing Renewal and Clarity

I'm Feeling A Sense of Renewal.

This morning, I chose to begin with light. I stepped outside to sit on my porch, letting the sun warm me for fifteen quiet minutes.

While I was there, my eyes landed on the Morning Glory I wrote about yesterday.

Its simple presence reminded me how powerful it can be to welcome the day with intention of letting the light set the tone for how I feel before anything else.

Back inside, I made breakfast and had a moment of clarity. After looking up high-histamine foods, I realized I’d been overdoing it the past couple of week, so it's no wonder my psoriasis flared.

Sometimes the body speaks louder than the mind, and it’s up to us to listen.

This led me to investigate more about how stress affects healing.

Today I’ll be ordering one of Gabor Maté’s books, a small step toward understanding my inner world and the connection to psoriasis.

And writing this post feels like another step forward.

Yesterday, I shared how I've been writing in the evening instead of the morning, and that my writing felt dimmer.

Writing this morning feels like more proof that I’m back in rhythm with my creative practice.

The rest of my day will be devoted to my shop site.

Seventy designs to upload, new descriptions to write, and a lot of SEO ahead.

If I’m going to truly step away from Etsy, this work is essential. I would rather be in my studio making stuff, but this has to get done. And I've got a solid 3 days to do it.

But beyond the tasks, what matters most is this: I feel renewed. Grounded. I've got more clarity about the importance of caring for myself first, before offering my energy to others.

And maybe that’s the reminder for all of us, that renewal doesn’t always come in big, dramatic ways.

Sometimes it begins with a flower, a bit of morning sun, and the decision to start again.

Morning, Glory!

Random fact about me: I spend about $500 per year on pretty rocks, outside of the ones I find on the ground. They last way longer than flowers, so that's how I justify the expenditures.