Well, it is two days after Christmas. I have not deprived myself of anything during the holiday season. I don't make it a habit to weigh myself very often, mostly just to confirm that I am losing weight when clothes seem to feel a bit loose. But this holiday season I weighed twice. I weighed in on Christmas Eve and again this morning. I had lost 7 pounds recently and today it appears that I have gained back a few. It could just be water retention from eating Christmas ham (salty) and its leftovers, so I'm still not disturbed by the numbers appearing on my scale. Now it is once again tucked away for a while (the scale and the ham), until I need to rejoice over some lower numbers again.
It's important not to discourage yourself. Remember the Law of Attraction and The Power of Positive Thinking! What you think, and vibrate, you are. So now it is time to focus again on thin, vibrant, healthy, flexible, strong, active and wondrous! Just think about how wonderful our bodies are ... healing cuts and illnesses, learning to cooperate when we try new things, growing hair and nails at amazing rates, giving us signs when we are out of balance, collaborating throughout our lives to respond to our every thought and action. What amazing things our bodies are!
I'm actually now moving on to my New Years thoughts, but you'll have to wait a few days to hear those. Enjoy this holiday feeling! It reminds me of the book "In The Meantime" by Iyanla Vanzant. First of all, I just have to say I LOVE THIS LADY! Second, if you haven't read this book, I highly recommend it. And now back to my thought about how the holidays are like this book ...
Iyanla talks about how our lives are like a house, with the different floors representing different phases of our lives. But it is her analogy of the stairways that really thrilled me. The place between places, where you can pause, reassess, get your focus, set your intentions. I also recently saw the movie The Holiday. At one point in the movie, Cameron Diaz's character says, "This is what a vacation is supposed to be, right, you're supposed to vacate your life, do the unexpected ..."
I would ask you, now, what are you doing this holiday season that veers from the "norm" of your life and enters the realm of the unexpected? How can you vacate your life and envision something new for yourself? Can you take the time this holiday season to be in the space between your life and the pregnant future that holds boundless possibilities for your life-yet-to-be and sink the teeth of your imagination into some juicy morsels of dreams that you want? Can you feel the excitement of knowing that these dreams can be your reality?! Spend a little time dwelling there, on the stairway between your now reality and your dreams and your dreams may just greet you at the top of the stairs!
Well, I'm off to meditate ... to be on the stairs ... dreaming ... so, for now ...
Toodles,
CJ
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