32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
36. Call your family often. (Or e-mail them to death!)
and here are a few other things...
Last night I decided that I wanted to really focus on only putting healthy, wonderful, whole foods into my body. My food coach refers to this as a "Gentle Cleanse" For the next 10 days or so I will do my best to avoid processed foods, sugar and artificial sweeteners, wheat, alcohol, processed meats, dairy products, coffee and caffeine and soy products.
YIKES...what's left?
Whole grains - including brown rice, millet and quinoa.
Vegetables and fruits
Nuts and seeds (without added salt)
Beans
Fish/Chicken
Eggs
Water and herbal teas.
I started this morning and I don't know if it's the "gentle cleanse" or what but I have a KICKING headache this afternoon. You know what I almost went for immediately to feel better...Food and not the choices I listed above.
I don't remember if I wrote about this the last time I did it but it was tough and in the end I felt so good, so empowered and in control that I believed I would do it at least once a month or so. If memory serves me correctly, that was last fall. How quickly I turned to what I was used to and what was comfortable and easy. It's OK to be out of your comfort zone, but it definitely takes some self motivation and pushing to do it. I hope to blog the "gentle cleanse" process over the next 10 days or so and document how I am feeling each day...the good, the bad and the ugly.
Today I had a mixture of raw walnuts and raisins, baby carrots and an avocado. For dinner, the carrots will be cooked and I am going to make some quinoa or brown rice add in some yummy spices and drink alot more water.
Well, I am off to check my cupboards, freezer and refrigerator so that I can make a list of what is missing to ensure that I have no excuses standing in the way of this goal.
A goal without a plan is just a dream.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
40 is wonderful, flamingos and all...
Hello friends and family,
Here are five more things to contemplate.
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.
Now, let me take just a few moments to tell you what a wonderful week I have had. As many of you know, I do my best to have a positive outlook, to take my days in stride and look at the glass half full. Turning 40 was something I was concerned about. If I could have turned forty a couple years ago when I was feeling my best, that would have been nice. However, that is not how it works and Thank God for that.
As many of you know, I did not want to have a party. I just wanted to turn forty in the quiet of my own home and process it in my own time. My wonderful husband respected that wish but also surprised me. My mailbox has been overflowing with notecards from family and friends and friends of family for a couple of days now. Thank goodness I was at home when I was reading all of them. I was in tears. Happy tears, joyful tears, laughing tears and tears of thanks for all of the wonderful people who have been and still are part of my life.
40 is wonderful.
Thank you to all of you who made it a wonderful day.
Love you all.
Kris
Here are five more things to contemplate.
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.
Now, let me take just a few moments to tell you what a wonderful week I have had. As many of you know, I do my best to have a positive outlook, to take my days in stride and look at the glass half full. Turning 40 was something I was concerned about. If I could have turned forty a couple years ago when I was feeling my best, that would have been nice. However, that is not how it works and Thank God for that.
As many of you know, I did not want to have a party. I just wanted to turn forty in the quiet of my own home and process it in my own time. My wonderful husband respected that wish but also surprised me. My mailbox has been overflowing with notecards from family and friends and friends of family for a couple of days now. Thank goodness I was at home when I was reading all of them. I was in tears. Happy tears, joyful tears, laughing tears and tears of thanks for all of the wonderful people who have been and still are part of my life.
40 is wonderful.
Thank you to all of you who made it a wonderful day.
Love you all.
Kris
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Sunday, March 8th
I received a wonderful call from my friend Emily last night. It's been a very long time since we talked and it was so nice to talk to her. She was checking in and mentioned she was enjoying the top 40 things to make 2009 better. I promised her last night that I would get back to the computer and start typing.
Here are five more things to consider...
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'
I had to smile when I saw number 21.
This morning Emma and I were getting ready for church. Jake's throwing up and has a fever and Bill is staying home with him because I teach Sunday school. Believe me, he is better with throw up than he would be with seven four year olds.
Anyway, every day I would love to see Emma's beautiful long hair pulled back (out of her face) but on Sunday's I expect it. We were on a roll, weeks have gone by and I haven't even had to ask. Then came this morning...she did not want to pull her hair back. I wasn't going to give in.
I gave in. She got in the car with her hair hanging in her face and I grumbled quietly to myself..."is it really worth it...should something so unimportant be so important to me, should I really have small tears of frustration on a Sunday morning?" Then I prayed that God would always give me the strength and patience to be a good mom. I asked him to guide my way and more importantly to be with Emma guiding her.
Shortly after getting in the car I had the pleasure of asking Emma what her memory work for Sunday School was. Lucky me, it was Colossians 3:20 "Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord"
No words were exchanged on that silent ride to church. When I parked the car and opened the door for her, there was a beautiful braid holding her hair away from her face. It's hard to explain how important that moment was for me.
Now, back to my call from Emily. I don't know about you but I think of my friends alot. I wonder how they are doing. I spend time feeling terrible that I missed their birthday or that I have allowed so much time to pass without calling or writing. Instead of using that to propel myself forward and make the call or write the note, I allow myself to get busy with the everyday things and then again, another day passes and I have not connected.
Another friend of mine mentioned that during the season of Lent she doesn't give something up, but instead choses to give. She made a commitment to write a note to at least one person she has been meaning to get in touch with every week during lent. I imagine that the people Beth gets in touch with this Lenten season will feel like I did yesterday when Emily called. It really meant a lot.
I need to sign off now and get some things done around the house, and write a note to a friend I have been meaning to get in touch with.
Thank you for checking in.
Kris B
Here are five more things to consider...
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'
I had to smile when I saw number 21.
This morning Emma and I were getting ready for church. Jake's throwing up and has a fever and Bill is staying home with him because I teach Sunday school. Believe me, he is better with throw up than he would be with seven four year olds.
Anyway, every day I would love to see Emma's beautiful long hair pulled back (out of her face) but on Sunday's I expect it. We were on a roll, weeks have gone by and I haven't even had to ask. Then came this morning...she did not want to pull her hair back. I wasn't going to give in.
I gave in. She got in the car with her hair hanging in her face and I grumbled quietly to myself..."is it really worth it...should something so unimportant be so important to me, should I really have small tears of frustration on a Sunday morning?" Then I prayed that God would always give me the strength and patience to be a good mom. I asked him to guide my way and more importantly to be with Emma guiding her.
Shortly after getting in the car I had the pleasure of asking Emma what her memory work for Sunday School was. Lucky me, it was Colossians 3:20 "Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord"
No words were exchanged on that silent ride to church. When I parked the car and opened the door for her, there was a beautiful braid holding her hair away from her face. It's hard to explain how important that moment was for me.
Now, back to my call from Emily. I don't know about you but I think of my friends alot. I wonder how they are doing. I spend time feeling terrible that I missed their birthday or that I have allowed so much time to pass without calling or writing. Instead of using that to propel myself forward and make the call or write the note, I allow myself to get busy with the everyday things and then again, another day passes and I have not connected.
Another friend of mine mentioned that during the season of Lent she doesn't give something up, but instead choses to give. She made a commitment to write a note to at least one person she has been meaning to get in touch with every week during lent. I imagine that the people Beth gets in touch with this Lenten season will feel like I did yesterday when Emily called. It really meant a lot.
I need to sign off now and get some things done around the house, and write a note to a friend I have been meaning to get in touch with.
Thank you for checking in.
Kris B
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