Hi everyone! This is the first time that I have ever posted anything to any blog ... and I'm very concerned about getting it right. So, I am rereading this posting for about the 100th time and going to force myself to just push the "Publish" button.
I have three promises to declare to the universe ...
This week, my husband told me that he doesn't see anything that I have gotten out of doing this work ... I am seeing that he is saying that because I am STILL making him wrong multiple times a day.
1. So, I am promising my husband, today, April 13, 2009 that I will NO LONGER be making him wrong!
(And I don't know how the crap I am going to manage to do that!)
Well, actually I do know how I am going to do that! By using the technologies from the communication courses! It's really quite simple right? I am going to do it because I said so! And I am going to create it newly every day until it that muscle gets strong ... and soon, I will be reading this blog entry and saying .... "What? I used to make my husband wrong multiple times a day? And I didn't have a great marriage? And I was questioning the power of this work? Really? I don't even remember that!"
2. By my birthday next year, I will have lost at least 100 lbs.
Honestly, when I started the TMLP, I weighed 270 lbs. There! Now I have said it! (I have been hiding it, like if I didn't tell anyone, than no one would notice. 8-)
Yes, I realize that the number doesn't mean anything and I can be beautiful no matter how much I weigh ...
And I am choosing to weigh 100 lbs less, because I say so! So, if you want to be at that birthday celebration, let me know. I should go ahead and put an evite out there! (Can you do one for an event a year away?)
3. I am taking on eating a vegan diet.
I can't believe I am even saying that. When my parents find out, they are going to freak! (They already think Californians are weird. 8-) If you had asked me about doing this even 6 months ago, I would have told you that you were crazy!
I committed to POWERFULLY choosing what I eat this quarter. So, I have been researching where my food actually comes from and I am finding out that I DO NOT support the way that livestock animals are raised, treated, handled, taken care of, etc. in the commercial business practices of raising food for me to eat.
Honestly, I don't even want to give up meat. I love eating meat!!! I am just choosing not to support these business practices any more. (So, maybe if I can find a local family farm that would be willing to share a few eggs with me once in awhile ...)
I will also be looking into the ways that other foods get to me ... sustainability, chemicals, etc. and choosing whether I will be eating those as well.
So, in the end, I don't know whether VEGAN will be the exact name for how I eat, I don't even know if I am going to pick a "label". I just know that I am going to be present to and powerfully choosing the food that I consume and not just eating what I have habitually always eaten and choosing to support businesses that produce my food the way that I would want it done if I had a farm and was able to do it myself.
And yes, I may be naive and I may be taking on more than I can possibly do ... but I won't know until I try ... I'll let you know how it goes ...
ISN'T IT GREAT TO BE ALIVE!?!?!
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WOW!!!!!!!! April!!! Can you say unreasonable promises???
These are AWESOME! And, like you said to me before, maybe they're not unreasonable at all.
PLEASE let me know how (else) I can support you in fulfilling on these. Do you have a structure or existence system to fulfill on them?
Oh, and when is your birthday?
Finally, I have made up for so long that most people are absolutely unwilling to bring the integrity, responsibility, and generosity that are the foundation of the new model of communication to their food choices. Yet, that is precisely what I see you doing. You are AWESOME and inspire me and give me hope.
Hugs,
Nora
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