Small Sacrifices

The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become. -Maharishi Mahesh Yogi


When you first make a positive change in your life, ironically it may leave you feeling a little negative at times. If you're changing your eating habits, you just might feel like you're missing out when you remove foods that are sugary, fried and fatty.

When Reece Cups seem to beckon you, refer back to your goal. What is it you're aiming for? Think about the greater purpose. You're trying to live a healthier life. You want to feel better, have more energy and improve some aspect(s) of your health. There are sacrifices we all must make. Reece Cups are the simple sacrifices you'll need to make as you work to achieve something greater.

And pretty soon you'll realize that nothing tastes better than becoming truly healthy.

Week 2 of the New You

When you're at peace with yourself and you love yourself, it's virtually impossible for you to do things to yourself that are destructive. -Wayne Dyer

So you've made yourself some promises. You've identified some areas of improvement and well, it's January, so what better time to make it happen?

Just a quick piece of advice as you set off on that journey of self-improvement: Be kind to yourself.

This isn't always easy to remember. We're pretty tough on ourselves - tougher than we are on anyone else most of the time. Mistakes happen. If you begin this journey knowing that, then maybe you won't beat yourself up so much when they do. Believe that you deserve to be happy and that you control the switch to create that happiness.

Allow yourself to make mistakes. Learn from them. Move on and realize - finally realize - that even though you'd like to make changes, you really are perfect just the way you are.

Letting Go and Leaping Forward

It's the beginning of another year - the typical time for new beginnings and plans that we held off over the holidays to be implemented. Many of us - in the true spirit of resolution-making - have made promises to become better versions of ourselves. We hinge high hopes on moving beyond the past and coming to a new and improved place in our lives. During these first few weeks of the New Year, we seem to forgive ourselves for what we've done or haven't done in the past and look optimistically to the future to where or who we want to be. We forgive ourselves long enough to begin the journey.

Allow the journey to continue. Getting to that place you want to be requires you to let go of the past and anything negative that holds you there - fear, guilt, sadness, anger. When we look upon the past with a sense of humility and reverence for where we've been, we can learn whatever it is we need to learn and move confidently and gracefully forward.

You can move forward toward your dreams and become everything you want to be. Yep, you can. For real this time.