As I look out the window and see the rain sliding down the
window glass and the gray skies hang low over my rooftop I can’t help but think
about the difference in time, in weather, in overall emotion that transcends
from one state to another. The leaves on the trees are actually shivering by
the way. Shaking. The wind is ripping through them with an abusive type of fury
that gives me goose bumps just by watching them.
I have my sweat pants on, a hot coffee casting a sweet
little steam over my computer screen, and if it weren’t for this epic sun burn
splayed across my chest I’d be wrapped up in my heated blanket as I work away.
Arizona does something to me. It opens my soul and relaxes
my mind. It makes me ponder everything. Maybe that’s why when I got back last
year I decided I was going to quit my job. Sometimes you don’t know you’re
stressed until you’re not and it was an eye opening realization that I was
holding onto something heavy that once it lifted I couldn’t put that back on my
shoulders. I have felt lighter ever since. But now I feel lighter still and I
am thinking even more about what the future holds.
When you wake up to the sound of owls and birds and an open
blue sky with a sunrise that seems to glow right through me, it affects you.
Breathing in air that is warm right down to my belly and having birds walk
right up to your hand connects you. I feel like the lines between humanity and
nature combine and become one in Scottsdale Arizona. Relaxation comes when
there is no fear, no worry, and no time to care. The bunnies aren’t even scared
out there. They just hop along with their fuzzy tails as if to say “this
sidewalk is as much mine as it is yours.” I found myself smiling without
realizing that I was. Happiness is effortless. Zen is all around you.
And then there’s the spa. The Well & Being spa at the
Scottsdale Princess embodies total and utter relaxation and spending the day
there made me decompress even more. They don’t allow any cell phones or
electronic devices. It was magical. I turned off the cell phone and slipped on
the plush robe and just sat with my thoughts for hours. The rooftop pool had
trickling waterfalls, tall palms, and
chirping birds. The sunshine on my body and the soothing sounds that enveloped
me was all I needed for hours on end. I stared at the palm trees and sat in the
exotic garden and just let my mind exist with its thoughts. That kind of mediation
is golden. I got massaged with a sugar scrub,
sat in a eucalyptus inhalation room while sipping on prickly pear lemonade and
let my thoughts melt. I’m a deep thinker and find that the best answers are
brought to me in the moments when I don’t have to think.
There is something to be said about allowing yourself to
“just be.” This is when the magic happens. Maybe the sun and the birds and the
smells of my vacation aren’t that far away, and even though I’m looking out
onto a cold day with muddy grass and the sounds of my keyboard tapping away
again I still have that feeling inside of me and I can tap into it anytime I
want. I need to unplug the technology and reconnect the ME. I need to
rediscover who I am and what I want and when I close my eyes and feel the
sunshine inside of me and take my heart back to where it felt most vibrant, the
answers will keep coming.
