Have you ever wondered why you are here? Not the seat you sit in now or the room you call home, but why are you here in this life? Why were you born as you were and not as someone bigger, better, prettier and stronger than you are now? What could you possibly offer others, let alone yourself?
The answer is Spiritual Purpose. You have reasons to be here that no one else could possibly have or even imagine. Spiritual Purpose places you in unique circumstances and with individual choices for your own growth path. You alone choose to follow your purpose. You alone direct your life to reflect your highest good or your greatest roadblocks. You alone choose to make your own journey.
Spiritual purpose is simply found a quiet place. Listen closely to what life tells you, not your head talking. Spirit talks through your heart in a gentle voice. Listening to the quiet voice is easy, but who really has time for that? Most of us wait until we desperately need direction before we begin to notice. Even then, we probably don’t listen. If you are like most people, you wait until you get the spiritual kick-in-the-head before even noticing a possible connection to your purpose. You think it is not your fault. The kick came to you; you didn’t run into it, you didn’t deserve it; you didn’t ask for it… you had nothing to do with it! Or did you...?
Most of us run through life in a constant state of denial… we deny we are actually an active participant in it. “How dare you kick me! I didn’t do anything to deserve that!” Precisely! It’s time for you to get up and do something… now! The time is now to acknowledge the purpose behind the kick. What else do you need to stop and notice? Are you running your life so hard that you don’t have time to notice? Are you trying so hard to control your life that it becomes a struggle? Did the kick make you stop and think?
You are not a victim. You are receiving a great opportunity to transcend your circumstances! Move from surviving to thriving. Take an opportunity to open your eyes, ears, heart, hands, whatever you can and evaluate where your life is now. Think about how you got there. Just stop for a moment.
While you're stopped, if even for a moment, take a deep breath and listen to the guiding voice of understanding. It resembles a desire, a dream, a direction and a heartfelt point of view. Do you hear it? What does it say?
Before you hear the words, you must hear the silence. Listen closely because words are not always clear. Sometimes they come in on the sound of a gentle breeze or a child’s laughter. Other times they arrive in a headline or a direct request. Your purpose may come to you in bite size pieces, small enough to taste the process, or it may come in like a bolt of lightening, and stop you in your tracks… and stop you it will!
Many people go through life completely unaware that they even have a purpose. They follow blindly all the rules, directions and beliefs of others. They have a sense of un-fulfillment and accept it as a part of growing older. They give in and give up. Eventually they die, leaving no direction for others to learn from; their purpose unfilled.
Others have a sense of un-fulfillment and ask questions why. These people know more to life exists than their current experience and search for ways to make more out of life. They possess desires to go out and journey to places unknown. Living on purpose is completely up to them.
Purpose exists in every life. By questioning where you have been, where you are going, and why... you are seeking to discover your purpose. Every question leads to an answer, even if it's another question. Each time you ask, you are connecting with your source and opening lines of communication. With open communication you may listen and understand the challenges in your life.
Purpose is about the choices, experiences, knowing and remembering your greatness. We are here for the journey, not the end result. Understanding your spiritual purpose is about living your life for your greatest spiritual good and knowing why. The choice is up to you now.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Cookie Dough...
Break it down and it covers most of the food groups: eggs contain protein and vitamins, flour has the required starch, butter contains essential fats and when you wash it down with a tall glass of milk, there is enough dairy for an entire day. That is my weakness.
When I was young, my Gramma would always treat us to fresh cookies whenever we visited. Then, we would take a trip to the dime store to stock up on candy. Weekends with her were always a treat.
At home, meals were different. As a large family, we rarely sat down for meals together. Everyone was on their own for food. I ate a lot of spaghetti with butter, bread with jelly, chocolate milk and steak. I could always be counted on to mix up a batch of my favorite dough or cake whenever the ingredients were available.
I wasn’t a sickly child, but I always caught the cold going around the house or the school. A really bad cold was usually good for a day or more home from school. I would snuggle up on the couch watching TV and eating Lucky Charms and ice cream. If my throat really hurt, I would take the dreaded trip to see the doctor. He would look at my throat and take a culture, and then he would write a prescription for antibiotics… just in case… because they could only help, not hurt. Antibiotics or not, my colds would usually last for a week or more.
Later in high school, I experienced the effects of yeast infections every few months like clockwork. The doctors prescribed antibiotics to alleviate the symptoms and recommended that I cleanse daily with vinegar. It was even recommended that if I had any left over antibiotic cream, to use it occasionally… just in case. They still didn’t go away.
In college, I discovered antihistamines. They were a gift from the Gods for clearing my clogged sinuses and my regular cough… and for easing other symptoms. The campus also had a clinic to dispense all the medication I needed for the various symptoms. Finally, with the help of prescriptions, I could fully experience college. The morning after a college party, I would wake up with my sinuses even more clogged… but that was part of the experience, wasn’t it?
In my early 20’s, I broke out in a mysterious rash all over my front and the itch was unbearable. The doctor could not explain it, so instead he prescribed the strongest dose of antibiotics possible, just in case it would help. After a couple months, the rash finally went away. That was not the only skin rash, or the worst one I ever had… it must have been my sensitive Scandinavian skin!
The first time I heard about Candida overgrowth was when I was driving with a friend. In a playful moment, I stuck out my tongue. He exclaimed in a childlike manner, “You have Candida!” (hear the sing song rhythm of a child). I was horrified! How could I have Candida when I faithfully brushed my tongue every time I brushed my teeth? After all, they make special tools and toothbrushes to brush and scrape your tongue. And besides that, Candida sounds like a disease that people shouldn’t talk about in public. Why would he accuse me of such an incredulous thing?
Fast forward a few months. It was time to take off a couple extra pounds to get ready for summer season. So I went on a diet/cleanse which required me to give up carbohydrates, fruits and sugars and replace them with protein, fresh vegetables and extra water. Two days into cleansing, I felt as though I could kick puppies. I’m sure it was just because I was hungry… right? Yet, I didn’t feel that hungry, just deprived.
Four more days passed and my family considered turning me in to Social Services for relentlessly inflicting mental abuse. Six days into cleansing, my rosacea and acne started to clear up on my face. Open sores in my nose that I had for over a year, miraculously vanished. I no longer felt the punching pain in my stomach every time I ate.
Now I began to pay attention. I have always had strange rashes and spots on my skin for as long as I could remember. I was preparing to visit the doctor to have a strange spot on my hand looked at that hadn’t healed after many months and was becoming quite unsightly. I researched skin disorders on the internet and couldn’t find anything that remotely resembled the spot on my hand. The only thing I could think of was the strange spots on my Grampa’s hands that never went away.
After cleansing and supplementing, other unusual things started to happen…
Strange spot…gone! Infected hangnails… gone! Hip rash… gone! Cystic acne… gone! Five pounds… gone! Foggy brain… gone! Clogged sinuses… gone!
My personal response to healthy eating and nutritional supplements was life changing!
Candida overgrowth affects each person in many seemingly unrelated ways. No prescribed set of symptoms exists. Your journey to imbalance is personal, and your journey to health and vitality is just as personal. To assist you, I always recommend partnering with a good health practitioner who understands the body’s natural ability to heal. Not a practitioner who only treats individual symptoms, but the entire system in a gentle collaborative way. Your practitioner should be your partner in good health.
Understanding Candida overgrowth may help you understand many aspects of your health history. Getting started on the road to balanced health is the most challenging aspect of any life changing opportunity. Choosing good health is a vital step many of people take for granted, either from lack of information or advice that does not reflect your overall best interest. Treating only the symptoms does not get to the cause, but treating the cause also treats the symptoms.
When I was young, my Gramma would always treat us to fresh cookies whenever we visited. Then, we would take a trip to the dime store to stock up on candy. Weekends with her were always a treat.
At home, meals were different. As a large family, we rarely sat down for meals together. Everyone was on their own for food. I ate a lot of spaghetti with butter, bread with jelly, chocolate milk and steak. I could always be counted on to mix up a batch of my favorite dough or cake whenever the ingredients were available.
I wasn’t a sickly child, but I always caught the cold going around the house or the school. A really bad cold was usually good for a day or more home from school. I would snuggle up on the couch watching TV and eating Lucky Charms and ice cream. If my throat really hurt, I would take the dreaded trip to see the doctor. He would look at my throat and take a culture, and then he would write a prescription for antibiotics… just in case… because they could only help, not hurt. Antibiotics or not, my colds would usually last for a week or more.
Later in high school, I experienced the effects of yeast infections every few months like clockwork. The doctors prescribed antibiotics to alleviate the symptoms and recommended that I cleanse daily with vinegar. It was even recommended that if I had any left over antibiotic cream, to use it occasionally… just in case. They still didn’t go away.
In college, I discovered antihistamines. They were a gift from the Gods for clearing my clogged sinuses and my regular cough… and for easing other symptoms. The campus also had a clinic to dispense all the medication I needed for the various symptoms. Finally, with the help of prescriptions, I could fully experience college. The morning after a college party, I would wake up with my sinuses even more clogged… but that was part of the experience, wasn’t it?
In my early 20’s, I broke out in a mysterious rash all over my front and the itch was unbearable. The doctor could not explain it, so instead he prescribed the strongest dose of antibiotics possible, just in case it would help. After a couple months, the rash finally went away. That was not the only skin rash, or the worst one I ever had… it must have been my sensitive Scandinavian skin!
The first time I heard about Candida overgrowth was when I was driving with a friend. In a playful moment, I stuck out my tongue. He exclaimed in a childlike manner, “You have Candida!” (hear the sing song rhythm of a child). I was horrified! How could I have Candida when I faithfully brushed my tongue every time I brushed my teeth? After all, they make special tools and toothbrushes to brush and scrape your tongue. And besides that, Candida sounds like a disease that people shouldn’t talk about in public. Why would he accuse me of such an incredulous thing?
Fast forward a few months. It was time to take off a couple extra pounds to get ready for summer season. So I went on a diet/cleanse which required me to give up carbohydrates, fruits and sugars and replace them with protein, fresh vegetables and extra water. Two days into cleansing, I felt as though I could kick puppies. I’m sure it was just because I was hungry… right? Yet, I didn’t feel that hungry, just deprived.
Four more days passed and my family considered turning me in to Social Services for relentlessly inflicting mental abuse. Six days into cleansing, my rosacea and acne started to clear up on my face. Open sores in my nose that I had for over a year, miraculously vanished. I no longer felt the punching pain in my stomach every time I ate.
Now I began to pay attention. I have always had strange rashes and spots on my skin for as long as I could remember. I was preparing to visit the doctor to have a strange spot on my hand looked at that hadn’t healed after many months and was becoming quite unsightly. I researched skin disorders on the internet and couldn’t find anything that remotely resembled the spot on my hand. The only thing I could think of was the strange spots on my Grampa’s hands that never went away.
After cleansing and supplementing, other unusual things started to happen…
Strange spot…gone! Infected hangnails… gone! Hip rash… gone! Cystic acne… gone! Five pounds… gone! Foggy brain… gone! Clogged sinuses… gone!
My personal response to healthy eating and nutritional supplements was life changing!
Candida overgrowth affects each person in many seemingly unrelated ways. No prescribed set of symptoms exists. Your journey to imbalance is personal, and your journey to health and vitality is just as personal. To assist you, I always recommend partnering with a good health practitioner who understands the body’s natural ability to heal. Not a practitioner who only treats individual symptoms, but the entire system in a gentle collaborative way. Your practitioner should be your partner in good health.
Understanding Candida overgrowth may help you understand many aspects of your health history. Getting started on the road to balanced health is the most challenging aspect of any life changing opportunity. Choosing good health is a vital step many of people take for granted, either from lack of information or advice that does not reflect your overall best interest. Treating only the symptoms does not get to the cause, but treating the cause also treats the symptoms.
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