Well, it's going to be a busy week, I have a booth at a festival this weekend and I have to package a whole lotta tea to sell. That being said, I still have to go to work and stick with my committment to make headway with my health goals.
I know what I need to do to be healthy, and so I'm just trying to add good habits by the handful. Just whatever I can manage. Like taking my multivitamin everyday, eating more raw food, avoiding refined foods (SUGAR!!)...just a little bit of refined sugar will send me over the edge...it really is an addictive chemical. I've been doing really well in avoiding it, favouring natural sugars instead. I've deemed evaporated cane sugar to be okay, since it's not refined and devoid of nutrients. Also, I can have some of it and NOT have it trigger a binge, unlike refined sugar!
So, I just did pilates. That is coming along very well, as I've noticed my strength in that area increasing. I hope to make it to the gym in the morning for the yoga class at 9:15. That's the plan anyway! I still haven't been able to motivate myself to get back into running. All in good time I s'pose. I've been taking that time to spend with my dogs instead, for which I'm sure they are grateful!
Right now, I'm going to go outside and say some prayers, offer tobacco to my sacred friends and family, and feel gratitude for the many gifts I've received!
I am grateful for the opportunity to own a herb farm:)
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Journal Entry for August 10, 2008 Sunday, August 10, 2008
A counsellor I saw in high school gave me this excerpt from a Marianne Williamson book, and it helped me a great deal. I remember not being overly impressed with the "God images". But it all makes sense to me now!
When I read the journal entries of friends, I feel bad that I seem to be doing so well right now. And then I remember, "hey - I've been there too"...
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented,and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so
that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other
people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others."
"Authored and published by Marianne Williamson"
When I read the journal entries of friends, I feel bad that I seem to be doing so well right now. And then I remember, "hey - I've been there too"...
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented,and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so
that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other
people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others."
"Authored and published by Marianne Williamson"
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