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Don't ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.  Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive. ~ Howard Thurman
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I want God to play in my blood stream, the way sunlight amuses itself on water. ~ Elizabeth Gilbert
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Let the beauty we love, be what we do.  ~ Rumi

30 Days Raw – Day 17: Autumn… Acceptance & Anticipation

23rd September 2009Raw Food1 Comment
Today's Observations Today is the first day of Autumn.  Although we don't have the dramatic changing of the seasons here in SoCal that I experienced when I lived in Boston, I still enjoy the reminder of change... a new season, a new day, a new opportunity.  This morning while I was doing yoga, I went to do a pose that has always come easily for me - plow pose. I was...

30 Days Raw – Day 10: Detoxing is Contagious

15th September 2009Raw Food0 Comments
Today's Observations Detoxing is contagious.  I'm finding that as my body is detoxing itself and bringing in new energy and vitality,  I'm also wanting to get 'cleaner' in some other areas of my life.  I expect that I will experience this in different ways in different areas of my life, but the first one that has come to the fore is how I spend my evenings.  What I have...

30 Days Raw – Day 7: End of Week One

12th September 2009Raw Food0 Comments
Today's Observation Today is the end of week one, and I am feeling clear headed and happy.  I woke up this morning with no headache, so i guess the big glass of water and a good night's sleep did the trick.  Time will tell if that is the end of the detox symptoms.  I LOVE that I'm doing this!... if for no other reason than that I am discovering some amazing new recipes....

30 Days Raw – Day 6: Happy Joints

11th September 2009Raw Food0 Comments
Today's Observations One of the things I'm noticing today is that my joints are not achy... like, at all. When I eat less raw and more wheat in particular, my joints become stiff and achy, and sometimes even painful.  From everything I've read, that achyness is from inflammation caused by low-level, or not so low-level, food sensitivities or allergies.  Inflammation is...