Slowing Down...

brings me gratitude.

Today is Thursday, and I have a rare mid-week day off... always a great indulgence!It's been a while since I last blogged but a lot has happened in the last couple weeks.

I guess the most apparent is a mystery injury to my right foot.

I don't know if you can really tell from this photo but it is quite swollen..

I've been to the doctor and it is not a sprain, as I initially thought, but perhaps a fracture.

The swelling has since gone down but I've been limping around and today I am taking advantage of my day off by staying off my foot. The mystery is that I'm not sure when it occurred...

Last week we had a morning date at the coffee shop,

and decided to play tourists on a tour of the Toronto islands.

Did you know that there is a bird sanctuary on the island?... very serene and peaceful. But I digress.

My foot was sore but it was not worrisome...

But then we hosted a rock band at work,

and I was on my feet for hours and hours, in heels no less!

Needless to say this was not what my foot needed and realized that I had to go to the doctor.

X-rays were taken and I go back tomorrow to find out what is going on.

The benefit has been that I have had to slow everything down. I've had to lessen my hours at work,

I've had to take a break from exercising (or thinking that I should be exercising), and I've had to remember that it is a gift to have a healthy body with full mobility.

Sometimes I forget... how blessed I am.

But I try to see the messages and lessons from my occurrences in life.

Sometimes the things that occur are out of my control.

Sometimes it's a bad choice...

But no matter what, there is always a lesson that can be learned,

to bring me back to the things that are most important.

I am grateful that this happened.

Of course, I hope that it is not a serious injury but this is my body's way of telling me to slow down and smarten up!

Or at least get better shoes for work.