We are More than the Servings on our Plates ||

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This was originally posted to There's Beauty in Recovery last week... jump through to the site at the end of the excerpt to read more...

Today, I write this having just had a meal that was composed of every color of the rainbow. It was beautiful for my body and for the planet and for the soul. It provided me energy and strength and kick-butt properties that help me fight cancer and support my immune system, all while tasting so darn good. Food is so much more than what we choose to put in our mouths. Food shapes our emotions, our sense of culture, our seasons and ages and time periods. In some countries, it makes a political statement. In others, it demonstrates a political affiliation, a movement, an opinion. We charge our global footprint based on the foods we consume, we liberate some and harm others. We can make change with food. Food? Yes. It is so much more complicated than the bite that passes between our lips. This. This is what changed my life. This is what made me fall in love with the enemy. This is so much more important than just me with my plate – this is my life and my future and my imprint on this beautiful, divine Earth... [keep reading]

anything exciting going on on this wonderful hump day? comment below...

xxoo

Let Go || 10.7.14

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"Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don't try to figure anything out. Don't try to make anything happen. Relax, right now, and rest."

~Tilopa

Sometimes all the brain will let you do is think. In circles and squiggles, your mind will wander, replaying the good and the bad, but mostly the terribly confusing like a montage in your brain. This series of scenes set up to make you relive what you'll never go back in time to fix does nothing for you. Nothing. So today, tell the brain to shush. Like a fire, those thoughts will eat away at the good and the bad within you until there is only the foundation and then pretty soon that comes crashing down too. So just try and silence those pesky emotions and thoughts and just let them go. Take them out with the trash and sit with what you love. Relax. Breathe deeply. If your mind doesn't want to work on a problem or is coming up repeatedly with the wrong answer, don't stress, just stop. Let it be. Peacefully exist with your emotions, good and bad. Let them coexist in your heart. But let them exist. Try not to dwell.

With this new fall season upon us and a full moon just a couple days away, what could you let go of and not dwell upon? Feel free to share below...

 xxoo

 [image found on my pinterest hunts]

The Day is What You Make It || Gratitude

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|| Just Another Manic Monday ... JK make of it what you wish ||

I began the weekend with the intention of it being work fueled and productive but slowly realized that was not how I would spend my time. When I sat down to concentrate, my mind was elsewhere, and my heart was floating on a cloud off in the distance. I decided the world could wait and I dedicated the rest of my weekend to my well being -- I took a long walk with a friend through the gardens and saw a beautiful sky begging for a picture (the one above), and a friend of mine bought me candy corn and I knew it was finally fall -- that and the fall colors creeping along the branches. It is a pleasure to be surrounded by fall changes again. I found an old photo of my dog and I -- photobooth is a wonderful thing. I was able to finish the third season of Once Upon A Time and read into some beautiful books. My time was well spent and enjoyable.

I'm glad for my weekend spent hiding away and turning inward, and my hope is that this week not be filled with stress, that I take everything in stride, knowing it all happens for a reason. Everything happens for a reason. So I'll take some deep breaths, read some more books, find some more links, and enjoy the time I have here. Because life is just too short to spend any moment wishing for something else.

So make this day filled with nothing but hope and excitement and dreams and carefree wishes. Life is exactly what you make it. So make it so great you want to do cartwheels all of the time and sing at the top of your lungs and laugh like you never have before -- we aren't striving for crazy here, just loving life. Alright... how about some gratitude?

How was everyone's weekend? Any news to share? What do you dream and wish for?

|| GRATITUDE ||

I am grateful for the crisp fall that is upon us. I am grateful for hope. I am grateful for connections. I am grateful for yoga. I am grateful for phone calls filled with love and facetime filled with acceptance. I am grateful for bright cheery smiles and candy that only comes around once a year. I am grateful for creation and for the mind and for the love that surrounds my heart. I am grateful for change, for I know it is showing itself to my truth, and for accepting it, no matter how hard or what the ego thinks is right. I have a lot to be grateful for.

What are you grateful for?

xxoo

[images by emily friend]