La Dolce Vita!

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It hit me today when I was taking my walk, that I am REALLY happy to be alive! It came over me suddenly, as I was watching the birds soaring over the Back Bay…. wondering what it would feel like to float and soar and feel the wind propelling me upward…I actually teared up….I think it was a life changing moment for me… I made a decision right then to appreciate every moment, to be grateful for every second….because life on earth is like no other…..and I could feel how things would change for me. Living with happiness and gratitude, rather than fear and anxiety would make a huge difference in my day to day life.

It seems like such a subtle shift, but I think it has amazing potential… it is my goal…to shift from reacting to life’s situations, to being always appreciative and grateful

The concept “trust yourself completely” will come up for me this week as well… I continue to have issues with acid reflux and heartburn to the point that it affects my voice…. Katey was telling me about the “blood type diet” book and that she had recently read that one of the symptoms for type “O” blood is GERD…. It seems that we’re the original blood type… the hunters and gatherers… and that our bodies need mostly lean protein…and to limit the amount of dairy (oh my god, I live on cottage cheese), and wheat’s got to go (I love my sourdough toast in the morning)…. Potatoes, corn…. Not good for the ‘O’ type blood… seems we make a lot of acid to break down all that prey we’ve recently killed…. I’m ready to try anything… I’m not that big on western medicines approach to treating the symptom, not the cause.. and didn’t want to end up on the purple pill the rest of my life….Coffee is a big no-no, so I have replaced with green tea… I’m making small changes here and there to try to figure out what my body is telling me……

The most important thing for me now is to remember the moment, the feeling… if I feel myself tense up, from frustrations….(bad drivers REALLY annoy me!)…. or a bill comes in the mail and I can’t pay it right then…..I will think back to the soaring birds, flying high above it all… not a care in the world (or so it seems to me)…. Maybe they’re wondering where dinner is …. Noooooooo… it seems that’s the last thing on their minds at the moment…. They KNOW they’ll find dinner… so in that perfect, now moment, they’ll take advantage of the upward draft to play with the wind…. And I can watch them play and be inspired….