Wake Up To Yourself
For the past
few months, I took the time to reboot and renew.
It all
started with what I thought would be a forty day fast. For years I’ve done this.
It’s a time for cleansing and realigning
my spirit mind and body.
Because of
what I call The Mighty Three (the three
big life changing events you go through after you hit the age of 50---and
thank goodness I’ve had them all quickly,) I have not been able to fast.
I typically
take the time in January, but this year, a serious and much needed foot surgery
kept me from doing so.
At the end
of May I decided to take on the challenge and once engaged in the process, I
knew I needed to go longer.
So for 62
days (I had decided on 60 but actually
lost count,) I drank nothing but green juice and water. I ate no food, watched
no TV, and avoided negative conversations and behavior.
What I did instead was to fill my
spirit, mind and body with the nutrients, thoughts words and deeds that I had
gradually moved away from.
We all have
a way of living that makes us better. We start out well but throughout the
year, we gradually move away from what we need to do towards what we or someone
else wants us to do.
By emptying my mind, body and spirit
of the stuff I don't need, I can see and hear much more clearly.
62 days of fasting is not something
that I recommend, but I will suggest that you take a moment to step away from your
junk food; the stuff we eat, do, say and hear that takes us away from our more
beautiful self.
When you do, you will wake up to your
true self; a self that is more whole and happy and much more productive for the
world we live in.
Be you be well, be
awake.
Bertice Berry, PhD.
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