I guess I scared the be-jesus out of her (is be-jesus really a word?)...
Yesterday we were talking about our internal warning system that let's us know we are in trouble...getting too stressed...too tired. I believe we all have them. We either don't recognize them or we just plow through them, ignore their warnings until those warnings are so loud..we run smack into them.
I have at least two...one is my little shingle smack in the middle of my forehead. The second thing I have or I should say do...is I eat in my sleep. Really...I eat. :) Kind of dangerous when you think about it...but I do it.
I figured it out a few years ago when I was highly stressed for some reason and woke up with an empty cracker box. Not the most romantic bed partner but apparently one that met some needs I had! :)
I thought it was strange to say the least...then it happened again. Empty crackers sleeve that time...
My dogs and I lived alone so there was no one to verify what was going on until my sisters and I went to Las Vegas for my birthday. Nothing says Happy Birthday like zillions of slot machines!
Anyway one morning my little sister said I scared her during the night! She said I got up and got some food from a table in the room and went back to bed and ate it! She watched me..I was asleep...and eating! She said it really freaked her out! (That would be a two for one...stress reduction and scaring your little sister! Once a sister always a sister! LOL)
Maybe it freaked her out...but it verified to me that I do it. Why was I stressed in Las Vegas? Who knows...but I was and that's how it showed itself.
Now I pay attention. When my shingle starts to hurt or I find I have been eating...I pay attention.
I had a meeting this week that I was worried about. I wanted it to go well for everyone involved. I was more worried than I thought...Ritz crackers and I had a late night date!
Warning systems are just that..they warn you. They cannot change what is going to happen. They give you a "heads up" that you need to pay attention. And sometimes that's all you need to deal with what is going on in your life. A "heads up"...maybe yours involves crackers, maybe your stomach feels strange, maybe you just get a feeling that something is not right.
Whatever you have in place to help guide you...pay attention. It's there to help you..not necessarily just to increase your snack bill at the grocery store! :)
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