You are pregnant.
What a blessing!
However you find yourself right now,
You are in the midst of your own transformation.
There is a Spanish proverb that goes,
How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterwards.
Often in our daily lives of rushing around and attending to the have-tos and the shoulds,
We forget that this special journey does not start with the birth of the baby.
From the moment of conception,
The miracle of transformation and the relationship with your baby has begun.
A pregnancy is not only about the birth of a baby,
It's about the birth of a new way of seeing the world.
Through pregnancy we can come to appreciate the miracle of creation and the mysteries of life.
We might miss this if we are caught up in a life of doing rather than being.
So I invite you to be pregnant and to weave time into your day to honour this special phase.
There are things to learn here.
Perhaps things you were never taught in school.
Beyond reading,
Writing and arithmetic,
There are another three R's.
I call them Rest,
Recognise and Restore.
Rest,
A time to honour the changes in your body and to let go.
Most people remember that they had rest time at nursery school and that's where it ended.
Recognise,
A time to feel and connect with the feelings,
Whatever they might be.
And Restore,
A time to build up your reserves physically,
Emotionally and spiritually.
Think about it like building up your bank account.
If you know you're up for a big expensive project,
You wouldn't fritter your money on other unnecessary objects.
Energy is the same.
Your energy is the same.
You are creating now.
And the project is you,
Your partner and your child.
And now is the time to invest.
So join me.
