Not judging myself for experiencing gluten exposure on the weekend

 Good morning!

WOW! I feel "fat" today LOL. I experienced some gluten exposure on the weekend, which bloats me ALL over my body. I had some seriously sharp cramps in my gut and then the bloating started... as much as I don't want to "own" the diagnoses, I do experience Celiac....and I am okay with that. I even saw a picture of myself and saw how distended my belly was. THAT moment in seeing that and then not being able to eat without wanting to gag....honestly this weekend will probably sit for a long time in my memory as one that I felt a distinct separation from what was happening in my body and what I felt in my spirit.

You see, years ago I would have been in a more fearful state about the damage that is being done that I can't see...I wasn't fully able to connect in with my body to know how to "fix" it in those situations and it would get me down pretty quick....and that's where I would start on myself to take better care of my body. But today, I'm not beating myself up about the exposure and the choice I made. Not to say that there isn't a "critical" voice in that headspace of mine groaning with disappointment for coming "off track" as it were, but I have a much LOUDER voice in my head that is celebrating as well as chiming in with compassion.

"Bah! That DID suck. You totally missed the label with that one and it's a good thing you know how to rebound from this. Focus on not being in brain fog and the rest will follow....." The primary ethos in my head now is "No judgment zone". It doesn't mean that "judgment" doesn't chime in from time to time, but then it shifts to compassion and accountability pretty quick. I still experience resistance to moving forward in the "right" direction....or the direction of my goals and aligning to what I "know". I am grateful and I know it's common for others to feel and experience that too. We all get bogged down from time to time....the key is knowing you don't "have to" stay there for any amount of time....you can shift in whatever time you choose....for me right now, quicker is better.

I'm saying all this to SIMPLY say ....we all may stumble at times and not feel at our fullest or best, but we are supported more than we know or sometimes, more than we allow. I allowed myself to feel supported and reminded about my health this weekend instead of crashing and hiding out until I felt better. And I am using it as a springboard for this week...who knew?? I am actually super hyped to be going in a different direction that also aligns with where my family is shifting as well. I like it better as a journey with others instead of just me. It can be hard at times to shift in a new direction, and that's where grace and compassion as we learn or apply something makes a big difference as we work towards achieving the life we want to be living. With that, have a great day today

#thankyouGod #happybellytime #supported #compaasionate #grateful #daybyday #progressnotperfection #wegotthis

Honour, respect, celebrate, AND appreciate the relationships you have in your life

 Good morning!

Greater wisdom has been gained this week, both through allowing a message to be shared, that translated into a challenge accepted, that now comes with a living example for future reference (filing it away in the "toolbox" for later use ).

Do you feel that you honour, respect, celebrate, AND appreciate the relationships you have in your life? And the ones that we naturally start thinking about are those that are close to us....our loved ones. Do you honour your mother and father? Do you share gratitude for those in your close circle of influence? Maybe you do...and maybe you wish you were a better friend, better mother, better partner....what ever it is, give it a thought....

And now, do you recognize the POWER of influence your consistent relationships have over your life? Those who you are around consistently....what are they like? How do you see that influencing who you are? ....OH WAIT!!! Did you see that? We forgot about a pretty vital relationship.....YOU!!!!

HOW ON EARTH are you going to be able to distinguish WHAT influence and impact is being made ON you unless you recognize the "WHO" of who you are in the first place? Too often people just take in info and influence like a sponge and pack it on like clay....a lot of that has to do with how we are trained to take things in and what we "should" be focusing on, not realizing that we are being "affected" in the "background" of the activities of life....we end up mindlessly molding ourselves into something we had no idea we were creating (well actually, on a passive level, you allowed "whatever" to be formed through not giving it more thought, but that is a later discussion...) . And then we find that we may be struggling all over the place with relating to others.

So....Today, I am re-centering back on enjoying the "Me" that I am. AND I will be out in nature reflecting with my bird-brothers and squirrel-sisters as we move together, living and breathing, and appreciating how I can grow more beneficial in the relationships around me as well as the relationship WITHIN me

Have a great weekend!

#thankyouGod #INjoy #notWithoutJoy #breathe #weareconnected #oneanotherlove #ItsAboutOurRelationships #DivineGifts #NewLevels

Signalling in traffic. A metaphor to indicating our intentions

 Good morning!

LOL! Gotta love the stuff you get to experience while driving....this morning, as I was coming into a traffic circle, the person in front of me didn't use their signal so I just chose to take a different route. And as I spoke to the person in front of me (you know, because people can actually hear you when you intend for them to pick up what you are saying from inside your car.... ), I asked, 'Are you going to use your signal?'. ROFL, well, as soon as I asked, they did ....WRONG!! I was laughing ....with gratitude because I chose to change lanes, ...laughing because of the "timely" response, and laughing because simply, I realized in that moment, that people may not know how to indicate their intentions to others and that's why they don't do things that others would expect them to do, and maybe why so many walk around confused....

I realized in that moment, that I really "don't know" and "know" at the same time by what people present at the time....

Are you feeling confused? Well, this past week I learned that maybe we actually DON'T get confused at all. We are giving our focus and attention to things that don't serve us and we can get caught up in that loop , playing things over and over...and over again in our mind trying to conclude and make sense of it....when in fact, if we just shift our focus repetitively in the direction we DO want to be giving our attention to, things would change and we would begin to "see" the clarity before us. And find a way where we thought there wasn't a way to figure things out....

Signalling in traffic is not FOR YOU at all (unless you like the sound of the clicking like I do LOL). It's for everyone else who is on the journey, travelling the same road as you along the way. They can make allowances for your needs to flow through to get to where you want to get to, BUT it flows much smoother when we are indicating our intentions in some way to be supported in our journey.

How often do we make "off the cuff" decisions without letting others know or getting advice? It can be done....and it's funny how sometimes, some of those decisions would have played out a bit smoother with a little consideration of the other players involved and some trusted feedback ahead of time...

So yeah, maybe they just don't know how to signal through traffic circles, but at least they tried to signal and give others a heads up.

Let's try and give focus forward to where it is we are wanting to go WITH consideration of who is there around us along the way.

#thankyouGod #justdontknow #everyonewantsbetter #oneanotherlove #focusforward #Flowful #fulfilling #lifetothefull #bettertogether

Easter Sunday pic

 Looking sharp and fancy

A great sunny day to remember a great love #ThankyouJesus