Working out

There is a saying you may hear when working out with people who know what they are doing: Pain is just weakness leaving the body. They are right! I had one of the best workouts a couple of days ago with 2 friends who practice jiu-jitsu. I have bruises from the workout, but it didnt hurt at the time of the workout. I didnt feel sore until later, you really work out muscles that dont normally get used much. This is a very good all around body strengthener. I highly recommend this form of workout if you are up for it. My two teen boys are taking classes and really love it.

So what are you waiting for? Get that body moving! :)

Also since doing the Rawfu Challenge( http://raw100.ning.com/ ) its fun and supportive. I have dropped 2 sizes and have been feeling great! Still moving Steadily towards my goal of being fit by 40....

Margo

Persimmon Fruit Leather with Foraged Mint & Rosemary Herbs :)

http://rawfood.meetup.com/469/

Back from Sufi Camp Vacation

Poem by Rumi

I died from minerality and became vegetable;

And From vegetativeness I died and became animal.

I died from animality and became man.

Then why fear disappearance through death?

Next time I shall die

Bringing forth wings and feathers like angels;

After that, soaring higher than angels -

What you cannot imagine,

I shall be that.

Little Girl, Little Curl, Sweet and Rotten..hmmm

You are perhaps familiar with this little nursery rhyme...There once was a little girl, she had a little curl right in the middle of her forehead; when she was good, she was very, very good, and when she was bad she was horrid.

Well thats how I have felt the last 2 months. So, when I ask the Universe to help me I always seem to forget that change is often unpleasant and I am almost always unyielding.....
at first anyways. I do manage to come around but not until I have thoroughly beaten my head against numerous brick walls ( did i mention that I painstakingly designed these brick walls myself?) Ha ha :)

Ah well.....C’est la vie

And I am all the Better for it as I can clearly see now...thanks to langelbleu on twitter for her insights and to my Husband Dietrich who allows truth to spill from his lips and to me for allowing it to heal me despite my moments of despair and confusion...we are all here to hurt or heal one another....I would rather go through the temporary discomfort that Truth brings, then to live a lifetime of lies and illusions about myself...or believe the illusions of others. I make my choice, I do not let others choose for me...free will only hurts till ya get the hang of how it works in the natural world, right?! Not the lies we tell ourselves to fool and sabotage what beauty there could be for our life. I am still learning, fine tuning, taking notes and determined.

So here I am, perhaps like many, just being Glade, Grateful and Feeling Loved by the Universe, the Angels, fellow internet travelers and those I love dearly, and perhaps most importantly Myself...Loving Myself...I love you Margo!
XOXOXO

Sprained Ankle

Sage cheered me up while I was down with my foot up and de-spraining!

Left side= Feminine
Ankle represents mobility and moving forward

Bed Rest, Ice and Elevation has given me a fresh new outlook on life! I would rather not be stuck in bed...Ever! I know that when I just wont make the time to slow down and tend to my inner self, the universe does it for me. Ummm....Thank You Universe! I am always grateful for wake up calls!

Margo