I am easily inspired. The words of a writer. A song. A beautiful, old red maple tree. Often, however, the inspiration ends up smothered by my sense of inadequacy. I can't write like her.... my singing voice isn't beautiful... I can't stand here and hug this tree all day. Each one of those negative thoughts crowds out whatever inspiration filtered into my heart. "I'm not good enough" is the repeating line. Or "I'm too busy".
But I AM good enough. And I'm never, ever as busy as I think I am. When I truly am too busy, my soul feels wheezy and out of breath. I don't want that either. No negative self-talk sludge, and no soul-sucking busy-ness. The sludge creeps in more often than the busy-ness, but both are equally destructive.
Life is somewhere in the middle. I have to be awake for it.
Honestly, it's a battle to be awake. The mundane is so mundane. Work, housekeeping, daily life. Each of those things can be such downers. When I think about the mundane, I almost always picture the gray half-life of the main character in The Matrix. Oh God, heaven forbid we live like that. Ever.
I have definitely been in a half-life before. Even when in relatively good health. We are meant for FULL LIFE.
I am one year cancer-free. That's a huge milestone! And yet, I'm still recovering. But I think we are ALL still recovering. We are just at different stages of recovery from whatever it is we are battling - it could be cancer for you, too, or it could be depression, or a broken ankle, or a sore hip, or a month of sleepless nights with a new baby, or financial stress, or a fight with a loved one, or you could even be recovering from your run this morning. And we all need a little help with recovery. We need tools; an arsenal; a First Aid Kit for Life.
This help can take multiple forms. My First Aid Kit for Life contains the following:

• Faith
• Family 
• Friends
• Eating right (I will eventually have a "click here" button that takes you to my favorite recipes)
• Exercise (even as much as I hate it, it DOES, without fail, kick the mundane's ass)
• My amazing supplements and essential oils (email me to find out how to get some!)

Yeah, yeah, whatever -- I know that's what you're thinking. But it's true. I'm aware I may sound ridiculous to some, but what I have to say IS important. I don't say it just because I like to see my words in print on the world wide web. Or because I think it's cool to post links. Or just because I want to achieve financial freedom by building a business through essential oils.
I say it because of how it has changed my life. It really has. It can truly help you, too. But it's still just a tool - one of the tools in the First Aid Kit for Life.