journey to raw health

I am so grateful for checking out Simpleology 101.

For the past week I have been doing the lessons, reading the Virtuosity Book and began my Daily Target Praxis. I am doing more than one lesson per day, and decided to not start the free Blogging course until I am at least 2 x’s through the Simpleology 101 lessons.

 Here I am, at 57, learning some pretty awesome stuff. I say this because I always thought I knew this, but, until I committed to completing this free course and actually ‘doing it’, I seemed to be moving at a snails pace with living my ‘ultimate life’. I knew nothing of goal setting. No, that is not true. I knew about setting, it was the reaching that challenged me! As I read the lessons, I can see myself, diverting all over the place. Too many ideas upstairs and no plan to follow through. But, that is changing with this Simpleology course.

I am learning to get it onto paper, it being all that stuff that swirls around upstairs in my head. And it really does help me focus on tasks for the day. And then, I get to it, and amazingly get things done. Could this be why Mark named the course Simpleology?

Thank you, Mark, for creating the course, and thanks again, Lyman, for continually mentioning it. When the student is ready…

Tags: Simpleology, personal development, Law of Attraction, life experience by Deborah
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I was browsing a particular mail order catalog for the first time today. I enjoy seeing what other artistic folks are creating and came across an item for sale that touched me. I thought, gee, if everyone decided to adopt this Alphabet for Life, what a wonderful world it would be!

Accept differences. Be kind. Count your blessings. Dream. Express thanks. Forgive. Give freely. Harm no one. Imagine more. Jettison anger. Keep confidences. Love truly. Master something. Nurture hope. Open your mind. Pack lightly. Quell rumors. Reciprocate. Seek wisdom. Touch hearts. Understand. Value truth. Win graciously. Xeriscape. Yearn for peace. Zealously support a worthy cause.

It certainly is worth the effort!

  It can be found for purchase at www.acaciacatalog.com.  Or print it on a piece of paper and carry it around with you. It can fit on an index card, propped up on your nightstand, so you can look at it before turning out the light.

fyi, I am not an affiliate of acacia, although I did think about it. 

Tags: Light, forgiveness, acceptance, Law of Attraction, Hope, Peace, Love, life experience by Deborah
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 Change… the one reliable constant in our lives. The Universe reminds us of change with the seasons and the weather. If everything is energy, is it our negative thoughts that bring about natural disasters? And does the bombardment of “bad news” lower our vibration to attract more of the same. As I accepted that as a truth, I understood why I had so many dramatic life experiences growing up. Without the space to process the energy of the experience, I hung on to the pain and attracted more. When I began to learn about focusing on my passion and giving my attention to what I truly wanted, it began to arrive.

I seem to be a slow learner. It is in hindsight that I began to piece together, “When I was doing this, I felt like that. Happy thoughts, happy experiences. letting go of the fear or doubt and taking the leap of faith. Moving into action and paying attention to what shows up.

My sister and I had a conversation today about energy. I have been able to join her in the neighbors’ pool for some casual water aerobics this summer. It had been very rainy all week here, one of the reasons I have not thought about this blog.  I am one of those folks that really need to have contact with the sun. Thus, when it is overcast and rainy, I tend to feel more sadness it seems. So, today I took a half hour and stretched out beside the water to absorb some energy direct from the source. It felt wonderful!

How could anyone possibly ever believe that the Sun is bad for us? There would be no life without it. And having our fuel come from that which is closest to the Sun makes the most sense. It is the easier for us humans to digest, and it has that exchange thing going on with us: they breathe out what we breathe in, we breathe out what they breathe in. No harm done.

I decided to gift myself a “detox” for my bellybutton birthday. I am committing to all Raw and Living foods, one day at a time. No more Soy Delicious. I know how to make it all from raw, but, my self-sabotaging behaviours can keep me from allowing. I want to experience the energy of all raw, explore the emotions that will rise up as I stop altering my reality with  cooked food and stimulants. My first goal is to make it 30 days., one day at a time. 

 My morning coffee will be gone. I probably drink the equivelent of 3 cups every morning, with Soy Hazelnut creamer & honey. I may get a headache. That means I am physically addicted. I will have to try some different herbal teas to take its place because I enjoy the ritual of holding the cup, feeling the warmth, drinking in the aroma and flavor. 

I am off to my second solo shift. When I return, it will be my first day on my detox.   

Tags: Law of Attraction, living foods, addiction, health, life experience by Deborah
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I consider myself new to blogging. This is my truth today because I have committed myself to not deleting what I have posted. Viewing my history, I could have a ream of words had I not thrown away past journals. That behavior kept my thoughts swirling around in my head. and my actions were quite repetitive. I was stuck. Going nowhere.

My desire to move forward in my life created the need for me to be as honest with myself as I could possibly be, and accepting all of my life experiences as what made me. I am the Light and the Dark. To deny any part is to keep me fractured.

I now recognize that it depends on where I place my focus as to determine the quality of my days. I choose to focus on the Light. I choose to be in service to others, but, in doing so, I must include myself. In order to extend kindness to others, I must also extend kindness to myself. I can not help others if I continue to deny self. I can not love others if I deny love of self.

This is my challenge. To totally accept myself, with all the flaws. To acknowledge my goodness also. To accept the flaws will bring me closer to wholeness. To focus on the goodness will cause it to grow stronger. The Light will shine more. The Darkness will lose it’s power. It is still there, a part of who I am. But, it will fade.

The Light is the higher vibrations. The Light is the “feel good” times. The choice is mine. Today, I choose the Light.

thoughts come and go, yet often stay the same

to get them out is healing

how deeply must one go before they are gone?

Forgiveness is the key

Accepting, I AM  the sum of the parts

Tags: acceptance, forgiveness, Darkness, Light, Law of Attraction by Deborah
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As I mentioned yesterday, I subscribed to Mother Earth News magazine, and usually read it cover to cover. The beginnings of my life as the sprout lady began after I read an article from the Nov./Dec. 1978 issue. The front cover had a star with a caption inside which read “Earn $1,000 a month Growing Sprouts”. I can not tell you how many times I read that article, but, I can tell you that I said to myself,”Someday I am going to do that!” I still have the magazine, and I began growing sprouts in my tiny kitchen.

In another issue of the same magazine, I saw an ad for a live-in housekeeper, girl Friday position in Florida. I researched the address, found out the chiropractors name, and submitted a photo of my daughter and myself with a brief letter of my interest in health and desire to some day be a massage therapist. I sent it special delivery. The chiropractor called me several days later and I ended up flying down for an interview. I left Sarah with my folks and took a flight, staying in Bradenton for several days. Although I decided to not take the position, I took the opportunity to hop over to Cocoa Beach and visit friends. Someone there offered to let me stay with them until I could get settled, should I decide to return to the sunny south with Sarah in tow. I accepted the offer.

I packed our belongings and shipped them UPS, purchased a futon over the phone and had it delivered to FL and then bought a one way ticket. Sarah and I moved to Cocoa Beach right before her third birthday. It was less than a month from the time I had committed to return to my second home.

Within weeks of my arrival, I had connected with some of the people at the local co-op, but I was having trouble finding a place for us to live. I got a job with a dear friend, Lydia, who had a lawn maintence business. And then one day at the co-op, I met a guy who was looking for someone to take over his lease. He wanted to go out west and study with Dr. Christopher Hill. Needing a place to live, I bicycled down to Woodland Ave. to check out his one bedroom duplex, 3 blocks from the ocean. It was the perfect place for Sarah and I, so, I told Rainbow Jim that I would take over the lease. Then he said the most beautiful thing to me. “Oh, by the way, I am growing the sprouts for the co-op, if you are interested, you can take over growing them.” Another example of the Law of Attraction happening in my life!

I took to sprouting like a duck to water! I named the business LIVING GREENS …our business is growing. Although the business started with 3 women, it eventually became all mine, and I loved growing my business. I grew sprouts, buckwheat lettuce and sunflower greens and lots of wheatgrass. I also made tabbouleh, raw hummus & raw sauerkraut. At first I delivered only to the Cocoa Beach/Cape Canaveral area. Then I got a car and expanded the route to include Melbourne Beach, Melbourne and Cocoa.

It seemed that everyone loved the sprouts. I could not grow enough to meet the demand and I continually shorted the wholesale produce account that I had in order to fill the stores & restaurants that went direct with me. I loved being the Sprout Lady, but, my secret darkness kept coming back. I had an intense fear of success. Making mistakes came easily to me, and when things were going well, I had the uncanny ability to self sabotage. I certainly knew how to do things the hard way.

Tags: sprouting, Law of Attraction, living foods, Hope, health, addiction, life experience by Deborah
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