Mindful Places
A Guide to Serenity on the Treasure Coast
I Need a Pick-Me-Up
By Sheana Firth, Chief Brand Officer / Director of Marketing, Mental Health Association in Indian River County
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here’s a moment, near the end of the work week, where I just feel….well…. blah; like a blank space where my normal, happy character should be. The stressors and sheer FULLNESS of the previous workdays have begun to take their toll, even just slightly, like a low vibration buzzing in the recesses of my mind. A hum….a vacancy. A routine done on auto pilot. Get up, make the coffee, walk the dog, get dressed, drive to work, work, drive home, fix something for dinner, feed the pets, do a little housework, take a shower, settle in to catch up on a television show, fall asleep before the first commercial break. Wash, rinse, repeat. It’s Thursday and although I can see the weekend ahead, beckoning me to join it there in its sun-filled splendor, I find the need for a little…something….to get me through these next two days. I’ve run a little too fast and a little too hard
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towards the completion of the weeks’ tasks and my body knows it. There’s a place, a time, where I know just where to find that “something”. Located at the intersection of Indian River Boulevard and 8th Street in Vero Beach, right as the traffic lights are packed with cars and the sun illuminates the sky with its first full brightness of the day, having risen to just the right height, the Lagoon Greenway welcomes my weariness and promises to transform me mind, body and spirit. As I walk the oak covered path, I am transfixed by the way the light catches every curve of the Spanish moss, the way it dances through the wind-tickled leaves. That low buzzing in my mind is quickly replaced with the harmonious melody of the leaves dancing to the music of the breeze and the symphony of the earth’s littlest creatures marching across the grass, going off, no
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