Holistic Feathers

Help with the healing process

“Today I gift healthy food and choices to my body”

So was this morning’s affirmation – in fact, it should become my affirmation for the year now that I have well and truly started my candida diet.  Oh yuk, I deplore that word … “diet”.  Rather than considering the word’s actual meaning, it always sends off alarm bells to my body that I am going to do the dietary equivalent of cutting my throat, and panic-starvation mode along with unusual hunger pangs marching in.

The last few days have been busy, working on new projects with amazing people and also starting the ball rolling for a new project of mine.

Sunday was a day spent resting, filing my tax return (I know, I know – so last-minute it is embarrassing) and reading a delightful new book, gifted to me by my son.  The book is called Led By The Grey and is written by Peter DeCosemo, who used to be in the Household Cavalry too.  The novel is based on the Household Cavalry and I was so surprised to find it such an interesting, light-hearted read.  As I switched off the light on Sunday, I asked the angels to clear a little space in my diary so that I could finish reading the book sooner rather than later.

Lo and behold, the Sunday manifestation magic worked again but in the most unexpected of ways.  My beloved computer woke up with a black screen and a rather scarey-looking font.  Oh no!  Oh yes … the angels had decided I needed some more time to rest and get used to my new candida plan, and this was how they did it.  By crippling my computer.  I managed to fix it in a fashion, but I’ve lost a few files and now looking for a nice, PC-fixer to come find my hidden files for me!!

So I’ve been gifted with a wonderful opportunity to let my body get on with its own process of healing.  With my computer out of bounds until we can get it “looked at”, I have plenty of time on my hands to catch up with the Wii Fit, meditation, planning some adventurous new meals – do feel sorry for my long-suffering other half, please! – and reading Led By The Grey.

It is a wonderful feeling of release, to be without a computer to carry on with the work I know needs doing.  I know the workload will still be there once my computer is fully back up and running, with an increased sense of urgency, but it is almost like having an unexpected holiday windfall and one which I shall very much enjoy and treasure for as long as it lasts.

On a final note, I have just finished reading an interesting blog by Goodlife Zen on the Stages of the Spiritual Journey.  I thought this sentence was just so appropriate to all of us, busy with the busyness of life:  “For now all you need to do is to exhale. Let go of wanting, striving, struggling and just be for a moment.”  So that is exactly what I am going to practice:  live in the moment and just BE … such bliss!