A light unto my path...

Yesterday, I was seeking advice from someone regarding my health issues, my finances, the direction I would like to see my career go, and how I am seeking more balance in all of these areas.  This person sat me down and said very gently, "Laura, it seems that you are very enthusiastic and that is wonderful, but I feel that patience is going to be the key element in your search for balance.  Remember that life in general is a process and even when it feels like there is regression in life, often times it is the very motive that will act as a catalyst for life to gain momentum." 

This was great advice because it is exactly how I feel about my health issues at times.  Even though I have been completely gluten free since Jan of '08, I still have residual issues I am battling such as: working on my digestion from years of having terrible digestion, trying to figure out if my adult acne has anything to do with being exposed to gluten or wheat, and trying to regulate my womanly issues with out having to pop hormones into my body on a daily basis! Uggh!  I'm all for preventing unwanted babies, but I am NOT for putting hormones into a body that is already clearly in an unbalanced status. Sorry, been there done that- not for me.  When one area of the body is not working so well, all organs suffer, thus the reason I am listing above 3 major areas of my health that seem to be thrown off.  I must say, my digestion and stomach issues have gotten about 90% better than where they were even last Spring, so that is wonderful, yet I still have SO much more to handle.  Since Jan, I have decided that this year is the year for cleansing for me.  Obviously my poor little system has been in MAJOR rejection of everything I decided to put in it for over 27 years, and this year I am trying to reverse as much as I can through cleansing.  So far I have done a 6 wk Candida Cleanse that consists of eliminating the body of sugars and loading it with probiotics and healing agents.  I have tried to maintained a low glycemic diet ever since being conscious of just how many sugars I used to gear my whole diet around, and lastly I did my first liver/gallbladder flush about 3 wks ago which was a very eye opening experience!  You would think after ALL of that sacrifice one would think she was healed of anything and everything, but with the help of a little advice, I am reminded that patience is a virtue.  I can't expect immediate results for something that takes time to learn.  I imagine it is similar to being in 1st grade wanting to hang out with the 6th graders just because they are the older.  For me, I very much want to be healthy and eat whatever the hell I want, drink whatever I want, and not have to deal with all of the side affects that come with not caring.. but then I would have nothing to learn about right?  They say we must teach what we need to learn, and I hope one day to be able to give expert advice on food, related health issues, and most important patience ;) One day...