Now that I have your attention... This first post of the year may not seem to really have anything to do with health or recipes at first glance but if you hang with me you will see that it does. It is just a culmination of the things that have been on my mind and the things God has been working in me. The calendar tells me that we are almost a week into a new year....but even more than just dates on a calendar this new year of 2012 holds so much more. More possibilities, more adventures on our journeys, more to live, learn and be thankful for ! We have all made "resolutions" in our past... I don't believe they are bad really, but most people make these huge beyond even accomplishing promises to tackle in the coming year and are left disappointed and even cynical because they fail. We are set up for failure before we even try... because it is really all in our minds whether we move forward or stay stuck. It requires being fearless and living outside of ourselves and our comfort zone and changing... not those around us, but ourselves. Which I personally have to say.... is terrifying! I am terrified of failing.... but I am more terrified of staying where I am. I am more frightened of the "what ifs". The "what if "I don't open my mouth to pray for someone and they could have been healed or their life changed, the "what if" I didn't open my mouth to share something about my knowledge that God has given me about health and someone stayed sick and never got better? This is a very selfish place to live.... and my "resolution" so to speak this year is to step outside of me... realize that my God is way, way bigger (to truly get this in my heart) and to change myself as well as others around me. To realize that I am worthy, valuable, and I do have a mission and a purpose. I was talking with a friend on New Year's Eve about this... and some words of wisdom he gave me.... instead of sitting around waiting and asking for God to tell me what He wants me to do, find out what I want to do and then to just take a leap and find something I like and if it is where HE wants me He will guide me further. What do I want to do? I know the things I don't want.... to be scared of my disease to the point of paralyzing myself and never moving forward, to live in fear of others opinions of me, to never live a life outside of myself and never help others. We all go through certain things and we have a choice to use them for our advantage, or sit around and wonder why we are put through it.... we are put through our trials so we can help others, to give them comfort where no one else can.... I cannot tell you the numerous people I have helped through the loss of a parent, or through dealing with cancer, or abortion, or now MS.
My goal through writing this coming year is to help you try new things: foods that you never tried (such as quinoa or even scarier to most people: tofu!) Things that might have scared you in the past, but we know now that being scared leads us nowhere, and when you step out you might just find something great and exciting that you never knew. To help you learn more about a new lifestyle (not a diet, which we all know fail most of the time), and to give you resources to help incorporate them into your daily life to help you live a longer, fuller, more enjoyable life, learning that it takes a lot less effort than you think it does.
With that said.... moving forward into this new year and new season and journey we are on, you will definitely be hearing a lot more from me whether you like it or not! =)
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