Refresh Yourself: Women Need and Deserve Time to Fill Their Cups

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By Shiloah Baker

Noise is a part of daily living. However, retreating into noise and commotion is not healing or helpful. It may drown out your thoughts temporarily, but it does not refresh you. Inevitably, these thoughts, worries, problems, and feelings we were trying to avoid will all come back to us until we work through them. Many times these thoughts come when we give ourselves the first quiet time of the day which often is when we are lying in bed trying to go to sleep. We need to see ourselves as deserving (and needing) solitude and regeneration to replace the energy we so freely give away as nurturers.

In the television show Friends that aired in the 1990’s there was an episode where Kramer was very into relaxation techniques. When he started to feel tense he would stop what he was doing and say, “Serenity Now”. By the end of the show he realized that just saying the words wasn’t helping very much and at one point he was yelling, “Serenity NOW!!” His friend looks at him as asks, “Are you supposed to scream it?” If only serenity were as easy to attain as just saying it.

There are times that we just don’t feel that we can stop and care for ourselves. Even Enoch had trouble remembering to take cheer, “I will refuse to be comforted; but the Lord said unto Enoch: Lift up your heart, and be glad…” (Moses 7:44)

Sometimes, all that is needed to take time to still one’s soul is making or finding a place where you can feel peace. Thankfully we’ve been given the formula for quieting and healing the mind. It is learning to be quiet.

There are so many ways to refill our cups; we just need to take time to do it-you are worth it. Remember that God wants us to take time to refill our spiritual reserves. “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.” – Proverbs 17:22

Spiritual Stress Helpers

• Attend the Temple- it re-sensitizes our spirituality and rejuvenates our spirit!
• Attend church- it will remind us every Sunday of our Eternal view of life
• Forgive- holding grudges cause large amount of stress and is very burdensome.
• Serve others- it helps you to forget about yourself.
• Exercise regularly- it is a great outlet for aggression.
• Affirmations- Get some Pollyanna Power!

While we go through our moral experience we can be still and know that God is there and that He loves us and will help us. He is God and who is a better advocate to have?

“And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” (Mark 4:39)

Take time today to be still and refill your spiritual reserves.

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Shiloah Baker is a mom of seven, pregnant with #8, married to the man she’s madly in love with. Exercise is her vice. She runs a The Homemaking Cottage and homeschools. In her spare time she sews, crafts, writes and reads.

Bahama Mama: Relief Society Spa Activity

Rejuvenate the Mind, Body and Spirit at the Relief Society Spa
ebook by: Shiloah Baker

Take your sisters on a trip to the Bahamas to rejuvenate the mind, body, and spirit at the Relief Society Spa- the Bahama Mama.

This ebook features a rejuvenating activity for the sisters in your ward- perfect for summer. It is NOT your typical spa/pampering activity. It includes 6 segmented topic ideas with in the Mind, Body, and Spirit categories while your sisters enjoy an easy, breezy pampering session.

This ebook include the lessons: Caring for the body with WOW, Serenity Now, Retaining the Thoughts along with all the other ideas needed to put this activity together.

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