Every once in a while, I “detox” my life. Meaning, I step away from people for a while, evaluate where I am, where I want to be, and how I can move forward. Generally speaking, in this process, some people, places and things drop by the wayside.

This time around, after my little tête-à-tête with my doc, I decided to literally detox my body as well. I’m on Day 8 but I have to tell you – I feel so much better already. Seriously. I had a headache the first couple of days but that’s it as far as “negatives” and even that’s to be expected to some degree. My energy level is through the roof which is just fine by me. I’m not in constant pain (though a massage is still in order). I’m not craving sugar in any form (um…well…er…neva mind!). Hmmm…makes me wonder if I was ever really *craving* it or if it was just a habit. With the heat being what it’s been and my a/c not being what it should, I’ve been eating lighter for obvious reasons. My doc would probably faint to note that not only am I drinking water, I’m drinking A LOT of water. That’s major for me. The weather cooled over the weekend so I started tackling projects in the house. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again – it is amazing how much clarity you gain by simply clearing physical space in your life. Ahhhh, change can be a beautiful thang.

In my last post, I talked about how things were getting a bit crunchy. They are. That’s life. I have to keep moving. Until late this afternoon, I’d been without my laptop for about a 1.5 week which is normally BEYOND torture for a ‘net junkie like me. But you know what? I took it all in stride this time and treated it as part of my detox. Let myself step away from reading about other people’s lives long enough to do some housekeeping in my own. Pushed the off button on other people’s relationships so that I could direct some positive energy into my own relationships.

I was listening to one of my pastor’s recent sermons and he talked about chaos. We spend so much time either trying to avoid it or causing it for ourselves and/or others. “The Rev” said that creation comes out of chaos. God sat down on a swirling mess and created the universe. He didn’t struggle against it, He didn’t walk or run away from it – He sat down in the midst of it, thought about what He wanted, and then called it into being.

Are you were I was a couple of weeks ago with life swirling around you?

Sit down.

Calm yourself – heart, mind, mouth, body.

Think about what you want.

Call it into being – specifically call what you WANT, not what you DON’T want. Give

Create your world.

Then live in it.