Listening To The Wisdom Of Rest - Feb 28

Today, Liz is feeling a deep weariness. Instead of heading out, she’s choosing to stay inside, quietly watching the grey clouds drift past. In today’s 5 Minutes in Nature, she recognised that her inner wisdom was gently inviting her to slow down — to hunker down — and to let go of the “shoulds” and “oughts.”
Let this be a reminder to tune into your own wisdom today. If it’s calling you to pause, to rest, or to take a little time for yourself, allow yourself the grace to listen.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to Five Minutes in Nature with me Liz Scott. Well you can probably tell I'm not outside. I'm actually in my office looking outside at a very very grey day. I've been out a couple of times today. On the previous occasion I went out I got absolutely drowned. I was taking a neighbour's dog out and we both got absolutely soaking wet and everything is dripping beside the fire at the moment and I just thought rather than go out again because I'm feeling quite tired I'm just gonna sit here looking out of my window with a very grey sky and share five minutes in nature but actually it's not in nature it's in my office. But I think actually what I want to share with you is the delightful recognition I had today as I was contemplating going out for another little walk is that I just feel really tired. My body feels tired. I've been going to the gym every day this week and I've just been pushing myself a little bit more and everything feels a little bit achy in my body and not only that I've been out walking twice already today and so as I was contemplating going out for another walk I just felt this delicious sense of no just hunker down and that's what I want to talk about today is that it's about giving yourself permission. It's about listening to what feels right for you and what feels right for you is a different feeling than maybe that nagging voice that you get in your head. Certainly that's what I get. So for me today as I was contemplating going out and recording for you I was there thinking well I've got to go out you know that's that's what I do I go out into nature I got to be outside I've got to do a recording outside I've got to I've got to that's what I should do those little thoughts those shoulds and I musts and I ought tos those are really good alerts for me that I'm lost in my thinking and then I felt this deeper feeling and for me it's a calm feeling and the feeling just said it's okay not to go out and I thought oh okay then I won't go out today and that's okay and it feels to me as though my message today is to give you permission which is ridiculous I don't need to give you permission but in the same way that I gave myself permission to take time to rest that's what I'm giving you permission to do as well of course we want to do things and of course we sometimes have a bit of a sense of urgency of the things we need to do and the chores that need to be completed during the day I understand that and usually I find that when I listen to my wisdom that is the direction of travel but there are occasions when it's not and if that is what feels right for you today I want you to realize that that is perfectly okay it's absolutely okay to have a day of hunkering down and of feeling snug and warm and looking after yourself and realizing that you don't need to get to the end of every day having completed the to-do list so that's what this is about today and I look forward to joining up with you again tomorrow when I'll be back outside in nature and if it's not raining and it's not too blowy I will actually be outside and I really look forward to connecting with you tomorrow