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Manifesting Amazing Health

August 17th, 2010

It’s truly amazing to me, the depth of health and wellness that I am feeling within my own body!

Before, I couldn’t eat anything until at LEAST eleven o’clock every morning. I would always say, “I just can’t eat in the morning. I’m not a breakfast person.”

Turns out, I AM a breakfast person. I wake up hungry now! Not raw or achy or acidy… but hungry!

I used to have a headache every day. I know it sounds like I must be exaggerating some, but on my honor, I am not. Every single day for the past several YEARS, I have had a headache every single day. Some days I was able to shift my focus and virtually forget the pain, leaving it only a dull annoyance in the background of my day. Some days I was incapacitated, on the couch, praying for relief.

As of today, I haven’t had a headache in FOUR DAYS!!! That’s incredible to me. I’ve been involved in multiple car accidents in the past and my back is a little crooked as a result. I’ve always attributed my headaches to my back and neck… but I was wrong.

At this point, I don’t know for sure if it was the sorbitol or the aspertame in my gum, but it’s VERY clear to me that one of them was causing me to have a daily headache.

I’ve been completely off my gum for two weeks and two days as of this morning, and I have to say, I feel better than I have in probably 6 years.

Even at the peak of my diet and exercise changes, when I was at my “healthiest,” there was always this undertone of “I don’t feel good” that was in me. I felt thin and healthy and happy… with a headache and cloudy thoughts and burning with urination and bowel issues and sore, achy muscles, and stomach pain etc…

I thought that was just how it is. Just how the body works.

It’s NOT!

I feel healthy and vibrant and happy and AMAZING, quite frankly.

I woke up Friday last week feeling amazing. Better than I can ever remember feeling. Then Saturday morning, I was absolutely STUNNED to find that I felt even better than the day before. THEN… the same thing happened again on Sunday… and AGAIN on Monday!!

Each day I was impressed with the raised level of healthfulness I felt, thinking I must’ve finally reached the end of the poison and the beginning of my healing , but each day I was blissfully amazed at how wrong I was and how I now feel even GREATER than the day before.

I had never imagined that I could feel this good in my own body. Never.

Back on July’s New Moon, I’d started to thank God for my health every day. I was focusing on my health and body for the cycle, and it sure seemed logical to think and thank about it.

“Thank you, God, for the great health I possess and the knowledge I’ve been given so I may consciously perpetuate mt wellness…”

It wasn’t an affirmation really… but a prayer. I mean, I said it pretty much in those exact words, every single day at least once… Well hell… I suppose it WAS an affirmation. LOL

I gotta say though… As I say those words today, no sentence has EVER been truer for me, right now, than THAT sentence. It literally became more and more true and real as I said it.

And yes, I was beginning to feel a little skeptical as I seemed to be getting sicker and sicker as I prayed gratitude for my health, but I hung in and kept in my mind, the ideas that…

It’s darkest before the dawn…

Sometimes we have to do some tearing down before we can build…

I must be heading somewhere amazing if I’m to measure it by proportion to how awful I feel now…

Everything happens for a reason…

Everything, good or bad, is pushing me in the direction of something I’ve expressed a desire to have, be, or do and I must be patient so the Spirit can reveal itself to me…

But mostly, I held on to… This too shall pass.

It’s awesome.

And I don’t mean… wow, that’s awesome. I mean… I sit here at these keys feeling loved beyond reason and humbled and completely awed…. in indescribable A W E at the miracle I have been witness to and the power of my words and my connection to the all powerful creator of WORLDS that I am in, that is in me…. And even as I say those words, I feel mostly how inept they are in describing the most powerful feeling I’ve ever experienced.

As I typed the above paragraph, I paused in thought and looked to Mother Nature outside of my window to find my words as I often do, and there, bobbing by and headed into the woods about 15 feet away were about 25 wild turkey. I sat in this very chair yesterday telling my uncle who’s in from CA that I haven’t seen a turkey here in about 3 years. “I miss the turkeys..” I’d said.

So as I sit trying to find words to describe the indescribable awe I am feeling with regards to the astounding power of my words, I have the power of my words march right past my window.

It’s just awesome. A w e s o m e.

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My affirmations until Monday, 8-24-10 on the Full Moon~
I AM a miracle in motion~ Only more miracles can come from me*
My words have power~ I will choose them wisely*

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New Moon Intentions

August 15th, 2010

Happy Spirit Day :)

I get a special treat on this wonderful Sunday because Mike left at 10:30 this morning, and took both Michael and Eddie to our local, county fair for the day, and they’ll likely not be home until 9 or 10 o’clock tonight. I haven’t had an entire day to myself since May! Three cheers for temporary, quiet solitude.

This week will be the last full week of summer vacation for the boys. They return to school next Wednesday, which we’re all excited about. It’ll sure be nice to have quiet days again, although I can already tell you that I’m going to miss them.

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I sorta missed the boat on the New Moon this month. I acknowledged it, but wasn’t yet feeling UP enough to sit at my laptop and write much. I didn’t set any “official” intentions for this cycle, but I did manage to set some “unofficially” due to circumstances, so I’m going to go over them and make them official.

It is the obvious direction I’m being pulled toward. If I’ve learned anything in my life, it’s to go with the flow.

My official intention is: I want to take this new found awareness of my body and health, and implement greater changes into the lives of everyone in my family.

The habits I intend to practice this month are~

Cook lunch so Mike can eat at home for lunch a LOT more.
Prepare ALL of the boys’ lunches for school.
Eat well with intention and purpose.
Take my supplements daily.
Riding with the dogs.
Get up at the same time every day.

How I intend to implement these changes into my life~

** I think my best bet at hitting the first two will be to cook bigger and less. If I cook a large enough meal during the day, we can also eat it for dinner and still have leftovers in the fridge that will be good for 3-4 days depending. If I cook 2 large meals a week, and maybe a smaller one in the evening one night (because some things aren’t good as leftovers and I try to only cook what we eat. Like fish..), then between the fresh food and leftovers, there’s no reason we can’t eat all week.

And some things can be pretty easily morphed into other things. I made homemade sloppy joes with ground turkey for lunch one day. Then we ate leftovers for dinner. The next afternoon, I threw the sloppy joe meat in the crock pot and dumped a jar of tomato sauce on it and left it on low for 4 hours. Then I dumped in the noodles left from the chicken parm of 3 days ago and we had spaghetti for dinner.

Feeding everybody lunch has been a very daunting task in my mind in the past. I have to remember that it’s as easy or hard as I want it to be.

** I’m adding eating with intention and purpose again this cycle because it’s not automatic yet, and that’s my goal. To be more automatically present when I eat. I still forget and stuff my face mindlessly, but I’m getting much better. A little more practice won’t hurt.

** I’m also keeping my supplements listed for the same reason as above. I still miss days and I want it to be more of a habit.

A quick thought on habits. I heard once that when something becomes a true habit, it will be harder for you to NOT do it than it will be to operate by the habit. One of the simplest and yet silliest examples I could think of, from my own life is my turning signal. When I am in my car and turn, I HAVE to use my turning signal. When I drive down my driveway and am about to turn out onto the road, I use my turning signal. When it’s 2am and I’m the only car in sight on a back road in the middle of nowhere, I use my turning signal. I’ve tried NOT to use it, but I will compulsively hit it at the last moment before I go around a corner. I actually laugh at myself about it. I want being present and aware to be THAT kind of habit. When my mind wanders away I automatically and even compulsively flip that turning signal and come back into the moment at hand.

** Riding with the dogs is what I’ve been doing the past few days as I’ve been getting my strength back. Bandit 4 to 6 miles in the morning and then Abby 4 to 6 miles in the evening. It’s been good exercise for all three of us and I’m going to stick with it for exercise this cycle. I find it very peaceful out those times of day too, so I even look forward to it.

** Getting up at the same time every day is important right now because the boys go back to school in a WEEK! Tonight is their last night to observe our summer hours. They’ll be up late tonight and then get up at 7:30 tomorrow morning. That way at 9:30 when it’s time to go to sleep, they’ll actually be tired and ready. I’m looking forward to having a more productive schedule. I have to get this one together and walk the walk because kids are copy cats :)

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A quick note on my affirmation that hasn’t changed yet. I’ve decided not to change it yet. I like this one. It makes me smile.

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My affirmation until Monday, 8-24-10 on the Full Moon~
I AM a miracle in motion~ Only more miracles can come from me*

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A Leap in Consciousness

August 13th, 2010

I got this comment on my “A Non-Toxic Life” post and it REALLY got my brain working so I wanted to really answer it thoroughly and I thought a blog post would be the best way.

Thanks so much, Debby, for your comments, well wishes, and questions.

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El, I feel for you. Thank you for the warning to your readers.

I would be furious. Are you angry? at whom?
the gum company, the government who allowed it?
yourself? the angels who didn’t stop you? How do you get past the anger. I have anger issues and haven’t figured it out how to deal with the feeling of being screwed.

El, we are glad you are feeling better and hope there is no lasting damage. Speedy healing.

Debby

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When I read this, I was completely struck by what a fantastic question it was. It REALLY gave me something to think about. I chewed on it for a little bit and wasn’t really sure HOW I felt about it all. I know that sounds odd. I thought it was odd, myself, when I realized it.

Am I angry about what happened to me?

My first instinct was to say… yeah… a little. I mean, it sorta pisses me off the way things are run. The way they take a new drug or additive or preservative and do 10 studies on it, and have 7 of the 10 studies find that it is likely harmful, and so the other 3 studies are the ones that get published. It all comes back to money. Always.

But once I passed through those thoughts, I came back to my true belief, and that is….
We are all responsible for ourselves.

It’s my job to educate myself and know what I want and what I don’t and to arrange and live my life accordingly, and in the most conscious way I am able. Really… I’m a little angry with myself because I AM a chronic label reader. How could I have eaten something on a daily basis having never even glanced at the label on it?! I know better. I DO better. I don’t know why I never thought to do it.

I realized something really wonderful though. The silver lining. The manifestation that came out of the disruption.

Through this entire ordeal, I’ve spent loads of time in bed and have had loads of time to myself to think. I’ve been thinking about reading labels and the things we put into our bodies and just how conscious we are about our health and how much more conscious we could possibly be and I made a decision.

See, my husband and his brother work together. The also eat lunch together every day. They eat Subway four days of the week, and on the fifth day, my brother-in-law picks his fast food poison of choice and they eat there. And they alternate who pays, every other day.

Well, I decided that I will cook an actual meal at lunchtime and that Mike should come home with his brother and eat here on his days to buy. While I firmly believe that Subway is the lesser evil of everything they COULD be eating for lunch, I am uncomfortable with the amount of preservatives and nitrates and the like that are found in deli meats. Studies have shown that you increase the risk of heart disease by like 40% when you eat processed meats like those more than ONCE a week…. of course here we are with the “studies” again :)

But that’s the whole point. I know what’s in the food. So does he. If he has a heart attack because of all the garbage that he consumed at lunch every day, there’s really no one to blame but US. And that’s why I decided to cook for him more. I’m home. I’m ABLE to do it.

It’s even bigger than that though.

I’ve had an overall goal to live my life more authentically for about a year now. I live like I want to and I believe in myself and my way of being, but I have a way of censoring myself. This blog has been a wonderful catalyst to my finding my voice. I’ve grown tired of censoring myself for people in my “real life” because of what they might think of me or how they might react to some things. So, one of my biggest desires has been to be more at peace with myself so I may live my life authentically. I want to talk the talk and walk the walk and smile and wave, even if they’re not waving back. LOL

Ever since I decided this silly little lunch thing, it’s been so much more profound for me than I imagined. It’s gotten me off my butt and cleaning a little more (which isn’t a bad thing… my house needs it… I’m prone to bored housewife syndrome :)~ ) because I can’t stomach the idea of having an in-law in my house with it cluttered and messy. I’m also recognizing the chance to be a good and positive influence on my brother-in-law. He’s only 38 years old and has high cholesterol, high blood pressure, is at least 80 pounds overweight, and has a host of back problems… and don’t get me started on the list of meds!

So now I’m finding that I get to have better control over the health of MY nearest and dearest, and I get to be an example to someone who really needs the help. He needs to know that eating well isn’t tasteless. Sometimes all we need is a small nudge in the right direction. I’d be honored to be his nudge.

The reason I’m telling you all this though… The reason this is all relevant to the question at hand…

I didn’t connect this new sense of purpose… this new decision… this new “authenticness”… to my ordeal with the sorbitol, but it is directly and immediately connected. It is because of that that this new way of thinking has come about. My level of consciousness has changed and I am now seeing things I didn’t see before and my life is now changing in new and wonderful ways. I grew, as a Spiritual being, as a person, as a mother, as a wife…. I became MORE because of that ordeal with the sorbitol.

So no… I’m not angry. I’ve initiated changes into my life and the lives of those I love that I never would’ve made had I not been bonked over the head with the sorbitol.

It occurred to me also that it was maybe easy for me to say because I’m not permanently damaged physically as a result of it all, but I don’t actually know that yet. I haven’t been fully checked out. But this also brings be back to another root belief of mine. I like it best the way the Christians put it…. If God brought you to it, God will bring you through it.

I think that sometimes we want to move in a certain direction and we have trouble doing it and the Universe just has to reach down and nudge us in the right direction. If you ignore your Universal nudging, the nudge turns to a thrust, then to a shove, then before ya know it, you’re flat on your back wondering what happened. I figure I must’ve been at LEAST to the far side of a thrust. LOL

But when you finally stop resisting and give in to the urging of the Universe, things come together even better than they were before and life just starts working for ya… And right now I really feel like that’s exactly where I am. I wasn’t brought to something that I won’t come through, shining brighter than before.

And I learned a really great lesson… or really RE-learned a lesson that now resonates with me on a deeper level.

I am responsible for me (and my family). If we are to thrive and be well, it is up to ME and no one else. And I would have to say that as Mike is approaching 40, I probably really needed this lesson right now because I happen to be quite fond of him and want to do everything in my power to keep him healthy and happy and here with me. I learned that I have even more power than I thought.

I believe that seeing the good that comes out in direct relation to the bad is the key to understanding and accepting the cycles of life for what they really are…. Just changes. Life must change. I know that these new changes in my life are going to continue. There will be a ripple effect from it and I’m excited to see what wonderful things will happen. It’s all change and it’s all going to happen no matter what. I am just in the habit of rolling with the changes and making them as positive overall as I can.

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My affirmation until Monday, 8-24-10 on the Full Moon~
I AM a miracle in motion~ Only more miracles can come from me*

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