Tuesday, October 8, 2013

WLC Day 3

I got an email from one of my paleo sites yesterday.  The guy who wrote it had booked an hour in a sensory deprivation tank to practice mindfulness.  Pretty timely for the WLC.  This is what he said:

The session was an hour long, but I got up and left after 30 minutes when I made a powerful realization. 
That realization was that I no longer have anything to escape from.
I love everything about my life: the way I feel, the people I surround myself with, the work I have chosen, the great hobbies that I have, the freedom to do whatever I want.  
What has made this happiness possible was a simple decision four years ago to educate myself about my own health and translate information into action, action that has resulted in me being the happiest I have ever been.

After I read it, I realized that he's saying exactly what I would these days.  I told Sam last night"I love my life".  I had just finished a Crossfit workout and was feeling pretty nauseous, so why on earth would I feel so great?  Honestly, I love making paleo dishes, maybe I see it as a challenge, maybe I just like cooking for Sam because he appreciates it so much.  I spend so much of my time cooking these days, I really ought to resent it, but I don't at all.  I really don't think I have been happier than now when I spend most of my time focused on nutrition and exercise.  It really has just crept up on me from nowhere.

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