When my youngest daughter was a toddler, we had a very specific bedtime routine. Each night, whenever possible, I arranged to be the one who put her to bed.
We started on the main floor of the house saying goodnight to everyone and nearly everything. We said goodnight to brothers and to mom, we said goodnight to stuffed animals and live ones, we said goodnight to toys and toothbrushes.
Then we turned off the lights and went into her room. If the blinds were open, we shut them. “Night, night, outside!” Then I gently laid her head on my shoulder. She sighed a deep sigh, nestled down even further under my chin, and I rocked her gently. Sometimes I sang to her too. Sometimes I simply said, “Night, night, Rose,” as we rocked together. She would sigh ever more deeply, and within minutes she was asleep.
I loved this routine.
Firsts Are Easy
I don’t remember the moment when we stopped doing this, when she was old enough to put herself to bed or I was traveling and something altered the routine irreparably or some outside influence forced a change (moving, changing rooms, starting preschool, etc.). We don’t often measure lasts, the last time that we do something. Firsts are easy...if you have never done something and you suddenly do it, then it’s a first. We measure firsts all the time. Your first kiss, the first time on a two-wheeler, your first job, your first house, the firstborn. Firsts hold a special place in our memory as milestone events.
Lasts don’t often call out to us. I think it’s because, until the very end of life, lasts are most often transient. As in the fact that the last time you do something might be the first time that you do something better.
The Act of Becoming
I thought of that fact as I was looking through many of our Xyngular family’s before and after pictures. They show great progress from unhealthy situations to healthy ones, from increased weight to lower weight, from frustrating life circumstances to happier ones. In reality, there is no such thing as an “after” picture because your health, like your life, is not an event but a journey. You can take a snapshot of a moment of that journey, “after” an X Bundle for example, but it is just one moment along a path.
What I would love to see are “firsts” pictures (my first X Bundle, my first day of financial flexibility, my first trip to Sundance) and “becoming” pictures. Becoming pictures are steps on your journey, milestones to be cherished and remembered, and snapshots of the person you were becoming at that moment.*
Xyngular is a Journey
But becoming pictures are not after pictures. The Xyngular Way is a journey, not a destination. It is our goal as a company to provide our Xyngular Members with products that support a healthy life, from energy and wellness to appropriate weight loss, and business opportunities to support your healthy lifestyle. At what point are you “after” your healthy journey? Your healthy journey extends from now through every moment of your life. You are always becoming.
My daughter and I have a different routine now that she is an elementary school student. It involves hair and teeth brushing, journal writing (asking what was happy and sad today), and reading (mostly Harry Potter). I ask her what time it is, and she always answers giggling, “It’s time for me to close my big, brown eyes.” She is becoming a young woman, and I am enjoying every minute of it.
Because everything is about becoming.
Join the Xyngular community to become a healthier version of yourself. The team at Xyngular believes that a healthy body should be attainable for everyone. Those who are healthier tend to be happier, and everyone deserves that feeling. The Xyngular community works together to support those in the program as well as to celebrate their successes.
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