Help yourself

 

This is just your daily reminder that air is free. Breathe. Help yourself.

 

Also, going to sleep when you're tired is not against the law. Rest. Help yourself.

 

Choosing not to read the current bestseller won't subtract from your substance. Refrain. Help yourself.

 

Drinking a fourth cup of coffee when you're exhausted and the calendar won't hold a nap is totes allowed. Caffeinate. Help yourself.

 

Requesting a hug from someone is strongly advised. Ask. Help yourself.

 

Feeding yourself queso for dinner is welcomed. As is listening to your body's need for vitamins and eating a green. Nourish. Help yourself.

 

Petting something fuzzy and telling him over and over how cute he is is considered reasonable behavior. Repeat. Help yourself.

 

Surprising someone with flowers will almost positively give you a lift. Gift. Help yourself.

 

Buying lilies for your own home is an equally good move -- some of the best perfume available. Inhale. Help yourself.

 

Closing your eyes for even a three-minute meditation gives your heart space to move freely. Exhale. Help yourself.

 

Writing a note to a friend may take the thoughts that are ricocheting off the walls of your brain and pass them to a listener (who will be pleased as punch to see your return address). Correspond. Help yourself.

 

Walking for 10 minutes outside might remind you that you are not a caged animal. Emerge. Help yourself.

 

Packing a gym bag doesn't have to be a promise; but it does provide opportunity. Trust. Help yourself.

 

Seeking, recording, and sharing the good you see, feel, hear, taste, and smell is always possible. Hope. Help yourself.

 

Saying out loud that you deserve light, laughter, and love -- even especially when you don't believe it -- will open the door for that trio to enter your life. Speak. Help yourself.

 

xox,

Bailey and Max