Try Easy

In pilates class today I had an epiphany. They don't come very often these days, so I embrace them when they do. I have been part of this class for 6 months, so we know each other pretty well. We know which exercises are harder for some than others. My achilles heel excercise is called long spine. When Penny says it, everyone looks at me and smiles because they know my "love" for it. I loathe it because I am not good at it. I lack what is called a core. ;) Having 3 babies has pretty much ruined my core/abdominals, and I am on the prowl to get them back. My lack of ability in this one earns me the chance to have Penny stand right next to my machine and push me...no cheating allowed. As she was standing there today, she said something to the class but was looking at me with my intense, someone save me look on my face. "Try easy." The lightbulb clicked on, and I thought about it the rest of class. It just clicked for me, and made total sense.

I drove home thinking how I could incorporate that into other areas of my life. How could something like that affect my relationships and especially as a mom? How many times in life are we trying too hard to have it all together? Trying to hard to juggle it all and then dropping things along the way. Try easy. Don't try so hard at things, and let them happen naturally. For me it's releasing some of that control I am always struggling to hold onto. Letting it go. Not having the day planned down to the hours. There are so many areas I can see this being a benefit for me. And those two little words now have a new home next to my computer screen on a sticky note. Try easy.....enough said.