Beth's Ponderings
I have GREAT news!!!! It is official!!! I am no longer hanging onto
life by a thin microscopic thread that is rapidly fraying...I am fully back in
the land of the living!!!!!!
I’m not healthy yet
(drat!), but definitely getting much closer.
That light at the end of the tunnel that kept taunting me by staying
just out of my reach is getting brighter and brighter.
By the time you
read this, it will be just shy of one full year since Doug Murphy of Home Water
Systems** installed a water softener and reverse osmosis unit in my house for a
30-Day Free Trial.
I knew at the time
that I desperately needed to do something as I had just found out the month
previous that it was the tap water that was causing my health issues, but I had
no idea where to even start, and a chance conversation led to my contact with
Home Water Systems. (Full disclosure,
Doug’s mother-in-law is a long-time family friend who has known me literally
since I was born).
Unfortunately,
because my health was so compromised, 30 days was simply not long enough to
notice any difference in how I felt, but the pleasure of having water that I
could drink without throwing it up was worth getting the system.
There were massive
improvements, however they were so slow that I didn’t always notice them right
away. I started gaining weight. I had enough energy/stamina to do the paper
deliveries myself again. I created the
labyrinth in the garden this year. Also,
after more than 10 years (and maybe longer) I started biking again, and as of
September 6th I have biked a total of 178.5 kms (1.5 km/day) and biked daily
for 9 straight weeks!
At my live blood
analysis appointment on August 28, the improvement in my blood was undeniable. Just as it was undeniable any more that it
was the tap water that has been killing me.
If you have health challenges, improving the water you ingest and wash
in, could help make a difference.
** Doug Murphy: Home Water Systems Inc,
Beth's Ponderings
Last month, I was
chatting with a friend who has been really struggling of late. She is being coached by a fabulous person who
is, of course, encouraging my friend to stretch and grow out of her comfort
zone.
My friend was
struggling because she was trying really hard to stretch and grow in areas that
didn’t feel like the right fit to her, and were in a style that she found very
difficult to accomplish, but she wasn’t saying anything to her coach because
she was paying for the coach’s wisdom and expertise, and thus was going along
with the suggestions, even though they were really stressing her out.
I pointed out that “stretching
and growing doesn’t mean we need to completely change who we are, but rather,
we amplify and expand what we already do best into other areas of our lives.”
I could almost see
the lightbulb go off above my friend’s head as that realization sunk in. (Side note: I love blowing people’s minds
with the right observation shared at the right time!)
So instead of
trying to stretch herself into areas that she had no desire or inclination to
stretch in, we brainstormed for over 2 hours how she could stretch and grow in
areas of her life where she already excels - and is more than ready to take to
the next level - and where she can take what she already knows and does with
ease and apply in a completely different way to other projects outside of what
she is already familiar with. She
immediately felt less stress, and was suddenly bursting with enthusiasm, and
even more ideas to share with her coach.
What do you do incredibly well, that you can do even better in another area of life?
Beth
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