What IF??

What if, as you sat there reading this post you moved your mind away and turned it towards how amazing your body is.  Think for a second, or two, what must go inside that space we call the body.  What if, your body was changable, and with the help of the mind, intended work, choices and action you could literally transform it?  What if, by making choices, you could be a different you, one that what you would like to be?  What if you took that leap of faith that there might be a different way of living and being?

I can hear some of you asking "Where is she going with this, this week?"  Well, let me share with you.  

Over the past couple of years, and more so the last couple of months, I have made some pretty radical choices which in some ways weren't even mine to ponder over.  Oh, i was worried about the kids, the mortgage, the friends and what they might think if I .... I thought of how much of a failure I must be because .......   It turned out that I might just be an ok person after all, and that the kids, the mortgage and friends aren't me and were never about me.  That things really are a reflection of the internal, the mirror of our self belief if you will.  

Interesting, over the years, I have taken the mirror out of storage, removed its frame and polished it up a bit.  I got clearer over time, and the reflection that I saw some times was really grubby.  Oh, what my mother would say about my house keeping skill!!!  (I still to this day refuse to clean windows as i haven't worked out how to get them streak clean and clear).  

I would like to think, after all the effort I have put into choosing to see things differently, clearly, that I see them from a space of truth. I also think that I am even at times not responsible for my thoughts and actions, that there are blemishes in the mirror's glass which can not be easily wiped clean, even with enough elbow grease.   Some times we need to shatter our view to start again.  I dare say this is what I have been doing.  

I have walked away, with trust that those I am physically distancing myself from are made of the strongest material possible - Love. I have evolved my business into some thing that I dreamt might be possible, but never dared to believe.  The mirror was really messy at that place and really needed shattering and melting down.  I have opened up to the possibility of total acceptance from another person, some thing I haven't really had before.  

This all started many years ago when I saw my life was so different to others - in a deep sense, not the house, the car or things, but others felt things differently to me.  They felt love and a deep connected with others, some thing that i didn't feel.  

Now, I can really hear you asking where this is going!!!!

Over the years since this self discovery, i have had several health scares, one being Cancer, one being what felt like chronic fatigue, huge amount of stress because I felt so out of control of everything.  This is just a few of the things that I have come across on my path to now.   I don't often let these things out of the bag.  I am sharing so you too can see that i am very much like you.  You too have had life challenges, which you thought you might not get through, around, under, over, obliterate - ever.  There is hope.

There have been a few things that I have concluded through the journey so far.  

1. We are choice and made up of each one we make at each moment of life. Not just what we eat, think or do. 
   
2. Release work that gets to the attachment at the cellular level, for me, is the only way to go to make a difference in my life. 
3. That food, changes my mood, health, feelings, emotions, sense of well-being along with a whole heap of other things which if a let slide for too long will end up in pain, and thinking there must be some thing wrong with .....
4. That if I eat simply, move my body, look at my stuff and ask for clearings, I am a much more loving, stable person. 
5. That the saying that love and time heals all is true. I will also add that it makes the ripple effect even more powerful.  I have seen this soo many times.  This came across my desk today from the Dali Lama "Once we have a firm practice of compassion our state of mind becomes stronger which leads to inner peace, giving rise to self-confidence, which reduces fear. This makes for constructive members of the community. Self-centredness on the other hand leads to distance, suspicion, mistrust and loneliness, with unhappiness as the result." I 'll keep working on this one. 
6.  Food is a powerful force, which when prepared with love, in a workable combination that suits our body, then, as the other Eastern Belief goes - the body heals its self.  We are the custodians to provide the environment and resources for the mind, and body to heal it. 

With all these things coming together, I invite you to consider the following:

• How is your life? Look at the life wheel and see where you fit now on each segment and mark it from 1 -10.  Would you like it to look different?
• How much resistance and uncertain self talk goes through your mind, consciously or sub consciously?
• Who and when do you reach out to clean the mirror so to speak and if needed smash the mirror so that it can be molten down to make new?
• Food, is it feeding you, or is it causing more grief than it is worth?  This is a powerful aspect, which when addressed makes the world of difference.  Food literally can become your medicine. 
• Movement, as discussed in my book 'Ditch the weight and Gain your life' movement of any kind that gets the lymphatics and the blood going are great.  Even gently yoga, pilates, stretching are a great start to moving.  Careful you might be moving significantly more than your fluids.  
• Now, the most important - self care.  It is the most important because when we self care, we make conscious choices to look after ourselves, which ever way that presents to us. Love is so powerful, yet for some it is the most denied. 

I challenge you, and myself.  Take a good long look at where you are,  where you would rather be in every part of your life.  Talk to experts in the areas that need a moderate amount of work and start with self loving and healing.  Only when we come from a place of self care and completeness that we set the example of our highest selves to others. 

I agree, this week's sharing has been quite personal, and challenging.  Challenging is good. As we are seeing in NSW at the moment, the challenge of the fires, will with time and care bring even more beauty to the Mountains.  Its just difficult now.  

To your love and highest self.  

Leah