Do you speak your truth?
How often are you comfortable in your own skin? It’s one of the hardest things we can do on a day-to-day basis… But the freedom in the release is priceless to your peace of mind, body and spirit
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Love is so many things to so many people, but in the end it is as simple as you make it. In our home we try to 'take back' holidays from the commercialism that has become our society's fall back. February is our 'Month of Love.' As we begin our day we choose a quote on love for every day of the month, as well each day we all write a love affirmation for ourselves. At the end of the day we put them on our 'love tree' as seen above in the photo. Every year I am amazed by my children how they are able to truly understand and engage in this process, which reminds me that we all are able to do so.
We all are able to remind ourselves daily about what love truly means in our own lives, our own journey's, for the people in our lives and challenge ourselves to love deeply, freely, selflessly and honor the love that is true and real for us. How often are you able to honestly love yourself? When is the last time you were able to tell someone sincerely that you love them? How can you allow love to heal you? Take a moment... Check our more 3 Minute Retreats here! Life is a constant evolving journey. We count on the fact that change occurs daily. We learn. We grow. We build a new foundation daily. For some change can be compared to something as painful as going to the dentist, others can thrive on a new challenge. I believe that our world can only exist with an ever-changing existence to constantly attempt to better its self. Lately, I have been deeply saddened in areas where I am not seeing such changes that are particularly important to me, not to say there haven’t been any, but there does need to be more.
The gift of our bodies; how we treat them, care for them, speak of them, nurture them and take pride in their power and strength as God intended. Why are we losing this simple clarity once again? I am seeing increasingly in social media a serious lack of understanding and education of this concept I knew I needed to speak up. The insanity of thinking one can lose 20lbs through a ‘fat cleanse’ or ‘wrap.’ The one exercise or diet that will flatten this or that on your body. But, worse, how we are still negatively speaking about our bodies in front of others, especially children. We don’t need to give our children of today any more ways to make their lives harder than they already are! The shaming is hideous. The lack of responsibility is appalling. The bottom line of misinformation is infuriating. FAT is not a four-letter word. It is not a bad word. It is not a word we need to eliminate from our vocabulary! One can just be fat end of the story. We are the ones telling kids it’s ‘bad’ or ‘wrong.’ Get over it already, it’s a word! All bodies, shapes, and sizes are beautiful. And when you begin to try to dissect words such as fat or obese you are telling people of all ages that they must be ashamed of their body. There has been an injustice to our society by focusing so much on obesity in the last decade, for they have wounded lives, sent people into eating disorders, and had people doubt their beauty. The charts for such words are wrong. Today, what you may see as fat or obese could often be as healthy as someone simply smaller than that person! You can’t judge a person’s health by looking at them. We live in a day and age of body acceptance, so why are we back tracking to such nonsense in diets, fat solutions and desperate body torture? Embrace the life that you want! Eat the foods that make you happy! Move your bodies as you wish. Take personal responsibility for this temple that was given to you at birth, but there is no need to take it to any extreme level. Moderation and balance are the words of our time. We live in a day and age of amazing food lifestyles! When you go to the extreme, you are simply missing out on the gift of living a real journey. Our bodies are a gift; they are our vessels that move us through this one amazing life. What our bodies can accomplish on a given day when treated properly is amazing! It is our responsibility to ourselves, our children and those suffering in our world with REAL issues to take a step back and find acceptance for who we are, how we are in this moment. If we used all the money made from diet products, schemes, advertising, we could solve the hunger issues in this world. Eating disorders are a serious business. I struggled for 14 years and nearly died because of all this language, media and nonsense that fed my illness. I will not let my children or anyone else forget that their worth, their strength, their power and beauty lie not in numbers, shapes, sizes, diets, schemes or exercise routines, but rather in what they accomplish in this life by using those gifts, their voice and stretching their minds to embrace LIFE, embrace BEAUTY and define their own JOURNEY! “Tears are a way of freeing the self from ills and allowing blessings to come in.” ~Joseph Sergott O.P. What makes you cry? The answer is different for all people. I used to hold all my emotions inside for many years. I held back my tears out of fear of losing complete control, fear of not being able to stop the pain I thought would pour out uncontrollably. The inevitable day came while in treatment for anorexia, a time of release as I could no longer hold them in all to myself. Honestly, if I had known the gift they would have brought years earlier, I would have never had waited so long. It was as if I took the deepest, freshest, cleanest breath of fresh air I had ever experienced. My whole body once recovered from the exhaustion lifted up as if I were floating and joy overcame me. Blessing… There was something to be learned, treasured and remembered of the tears shed. There was even anticipation for the tears I still had yet to express. And there was excitement as if I found a key to a magic door that would help me along the rest of the journey. Today, I am a beautiful crazy mess. I cry at everything and I don’t apologize for one single tear…ever! Really, it was selfish to think I could keep such a blessing to myself. For the gift is meant to be shared with others. We have emotions to express them, to feel them, and to share them with others. Tears bring joy, healing, peace and love. Let go, trust, breathe and cry…I promise, you will be better for it!
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