Currently

This morning I started getting up at 5 again.

I hit day 800 on learning Spanish (which started as Swedish).

Hubby and I finally made it to our granddaughter's soccer game.

(she scored:)

 I've completed day 13 of a 21 day arm workout, 

and finished my 21st. week of the health coaching course.

I still love the heck out of it!!

Yesterday, I got a little wonky and overwhelmed on a microbiome/Ayurvedic eating plan,

but re-righted myself. I've been on it for 2 weeks.

My blood sugar is 95-110 (was 126 or higher)

and I've lost 6 lbs.

The former was the reason to start in the first place, the latter was a bonus.

 I also connected with a sweet girl who reached out to be coached by me

as soon as I am ready.

Hubby is getting around better. Still tender. Still recovering.

I've been taking breaks from technology as much as possible.

I want to spend my time doing more fulfilling things like reading books,

and lounging on the porch listening to the birds while sipping my tea.

Working in the garden, or watching the cat playing with a bug.

 Anything that allows my soul and my mind to quiet down for a bit.

Months ago, my nephew recommended a FANTASTIC book to me.

I started to read it, and then it got pushed aside.

I unearthed it yesterday, and it was exactly what I needed

at precisely the right time.

That seems to happen to me a lot.

I read once, that when a sentence in a book resonates

within, it is the voice of your authentic self.

"Listen to what she/he is telling you.

Spirit is constantly communicating with us."

Well...it resonated alright.

Every paragraph, every word.

(I sent a text to thank my nephew. Again. 

 He seems to always know what I need when I need it.)

Book Quote: 

"One of the ways the great men and women of the world

avoided complexity was by incorporating tranquility

and serenity into the front part of their days.

This beautiful discipline gave them absolutely essential

time away from overstimulation to savor life itself,

replenish their creative reservoirs,

develop their supreme selves,

count their blessings and ground the virtues that they would then live

out their days under.

Many of the people who fueled the progress of our civilization

shared the habit of rising before daybreak."

~The 5AM Club~

*affirming*

xoxo

💖

 

Set the Sails

"Sometime in your life you will go on a journey.

It will be the longest journey you have ever taken.

It is the journey to find yourself."

It's been an incredible eye-opening month for me.

I have discovered a lot about myself in the last two years,

 it has been filled with beautiful-cringy-hard-thrilling-moments.

Lately I feel I have gone full circle.

I will continue to trust, surrender, and take one day at a time.

Life is truly is worth savoring each and every moment.

Even the cringy ones.

Currently I am....(not now...but you know...like, this month.)

Reading: (always reading more than one book at a time, but super excited about my new one.)

 Idiot's Guide to Ayurveda

(This is ONE of my full circle moments, as I was interested in Ayurveda when I was younger,

it is what got me interested in going to Massage School.)

Playing: with my cat Polly and my pony tail elastics. I fling them...

she runs to pounce, throws them around, &

 waits for me to come get it. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Watching: Call the Midwife (series on Netflix)

Thrive Tutorial on Ayurvedic Practices (series on Gaia)

Mom (on Hulu)

Kilo a Kilo (Hulu)

Listening to: Oldies WZCR out of Hudson NY

(reminds me of home...and Dad)

The 4:8 Principle on Audible (It's one I repeat often)

Peak Mind (Audible)

Most of the time....(when I'm not in the car)

I like to listen to the moments...

 the birds on the feeder (outside my window)

 flicking seeds and chirping,

 the chimes in the breeze,

Polly's silent purr,

the cows munching on hay....(on the farm)

the jet flying overhead,

the sound of my own breath.

Working on: Learning Swedish. It is my 371st. day today

Being more present and focused.

Learning more about Ayurveda from my teacher, friend & spiritual mentor.

(SECOND full circle moment. She was my teacher over 20 years ago in Massage School.

We were reconnected through a mutual friend recently....neither of us aware our paths had already

crossed before...until we met.)

She is working toward her certification in Ayurvedic coaching,

and I am working toward being more balanced and centered.

It's a win, win.

Eating: Too many carbs.  I'm faltering on my eating habits.

Not bad, but wobbly.  

Pasta, bread, and my homemade muffins have been a few of the culprits.

I'm all about treating myself....but lately, it's been a little out of control.

Wanting: More personal connection and laughter.

Needing: Positivity, creativity and fun.

Loving: Where I am right now, and being able to look back and see

that I am in a much better place mentally, and emotionally then I was last year

at this time.

Thinking: I should be getting out of my PJ's and gathering my stuff to

go to the farm with Hubs.

Feeling: Satisfied to do what is in my heart, and to not worry so much about the rest.

Celebrating: all that I have.

Grateful for: pretty much everything today. 

An old friend and I reconnecting through letter writing.

(THIRD full circle moment. We've never met in person, but we met through

a Mom's website when we both were pregnant with our firsts.

She lived in Ireland then. We sent letters for years. 

Then life got busy.

We decided to pick up where we left off.

So I sent her a letter this week.

She lives in the States now.

Not far from my Dad. 💞"

" A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,

as does the journey of a single step.

If the challenges of life waited for you to be ready for them,

they wouldn't, of course, be called challenges."

xoxo

💖