I’m feeling very
frustrated!
It seems that the healthier my body gets, the
more sensitive it is to any and all weather fluctuations!
I spent a good
chunk of the past summer too sick to do anything because the extreme heat and
humidity knocked me flat on my back.
I was really looking
forward to winter - no heat and very little humidity. Ha! No
such luck for me as we’ve seen a lot of humidity this winter too.
It’s a wonder I’m
getting anything accomplished when it should be as half the time I have no idea
what day it is, or if I can even get out of bed.
My acupuncturist
recently gave me a list of foods to eat to reduce my body’s internal dampness -
the biggest reason for my sensitivity to the weather conditions and pretty much
every symptom I experience. So far, I
haven’t noticed any significant difference.
I’m also making “teas” out of various bitter herbs/spices, which are
supposed to be drying. Fingers crossed
it all helps.
But the bottom line
right now is that I am to reduce the stress in my life (actually an ongoing
theme for the past couple of decades) and let go of trying to “fix” myself! However, the biggest stress in my life is my
unpredictable health situation!
Now let me tell
you, it’s not easy at all to let go of “trying to get healthy” and just let my
body do what it is dong. For almost 3/4s
of my life, I’ve been actively on a quest to restore my health - with varying
degrees of success. Seems like as soon
as we figure out the trigger and get my health on track, something else goes
dramatically out of whack.
Inhale…...exhale……………………………………………………
It seems my theme for 2023 is surrender. Surrender to what is. Surrender to not getting things done. Surrender to not knowing how/why?
Beth
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