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Just stopping through on a Friday with my spiritual incantation to advise you always to seek peace, find your center, and give yourself mental clarity, as it cradles and keeps you.
I would like to wish everyone a consecrated day, and it is late summer, Wow, time is progressing, Autumn is almost upon us. Can you believe kids are now returning to school? Some parents will be ushering their child or children to college for the first time during the incoming Fall semester.
It makes me think back to when I arrived here in the States, and that white suitcase that held books and mementos from my gran’s midwife practice office, given as a gesture of best wishes.
That woman was determined her granddaughter entered the medical field one way or another. I changed my course of study over time, and with deepest regret, I should have been an attorney for some affluent corporation. I have an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice , I had to pay tuition out of my own pocket and half out of my gran’s pocket, and I never got to utilize it. This brings me to my segment: lost dreams.
Whoever said age is nothing but a number, or that it does not matter, must have been old and time may have caught up with him or her. You are never too old to fulfill the wishes of a dream or inspire someone else to reach their potential.
I understand most of you may have become parents your kids are your priority, as they should be, but what happens to your life once they become of age to be self-reliant and self-sufficient? What becomes of your dreams, your aspirations, the ones you had to set aside in the name of sacrificing for your family’s well?being?
I am here to tell you to restart those projects that time has somehow neglected. Instill some spark in all that you can be. The secret to life is to live it to the fullest. Trust me, that rocking chair, the nursing home, or unfortunately, a hospital bed are not going anywhere. It is up to you to slow the progression of your footsteps to arrive there. And while you are at it, make your life your priority. Our Creator has equipped the human body to endure, the human mind to overcome so many obstacles, and the heart to love even in the winter of our discontent.
I try to smell my roses, and I say that with truth. When I go into a grocery store and it has a florist, yes, I pretend I am purchasing a bouquet, and I take the most complimentary inhale. It’s better you smell the roses now than have some draped upon a pine box later, where you cannot see, touch, or inhale them at leisure.
I challenge anyone to one day just go to a store and mosey on over to the florist if it is within. Bend your head down and smell the roses. It gives you a sense of conquering and a shroud of peace.
You are the embodiment of who you are, what you do, and the reflection of the people you may surround yourself with.
I am a French Haitian Creole female entrepreneur, and I take spiritual praise in all my accomplishments, and why should I not? Hard work and dedication do pay off, yet they come with isolation. I travel so much to fill that zest. With that being said, I have one foot in my brownstone and the other foot stepping onto first class. There will be a time when I must settle down, but I will allow Mother Time to make that determination. Therefore, cradle your existence as if your aspirations are in one palm and no time is in the other.
Live your life as you dreamed when you were growing up, prior to having children or grandchildren. Yes, they are a blessing, but they are not the end of your journey. And for the ones who do not have children, find your interests and capitalize on them. Make this the year to do so before it dwindles into the future. Do something bodacious with your time, hold a book discussion meeting, take an online course, try a yoga class, or a paint-and-wine session. Those are very nice and sociable. Just get out there and love yourself enough to enjoy yourself. Push yourself to the limits, where your time is not being siphoned by the tick of the tock.
I am asking you ladies, for the month of August, to check your breasts. Those self-breast exams are helpful and recommended by the Cancer Society, the charity I support with all my heart and the embodiment of my soul.
And men, please make sure you are getting yearly exams by your physician or a urologist to get checked for prostate cancer with a PSA blood test.
Continue to enjoy your Summer Solstice everyone. Please stay hydrated, and please use sunscreen if you are not allergic to its content.
Love and Hugs, always,
Kemymalia (K.)™
Director of Nursing-APRN
