Today

Today will be my 12th day on a 21-day cleanse.  I did this same cleanse about 1 year ago and loved it!  This time around, I have not loved it so much.  I have had little energy, wake up tired, and feel very vulnerable emotionally.  The emotional aspect has been the hardest.  I want to just crawl in a cave and not talk to anyone until this is through my system :-(  I'm not sure if I am "cleansing" through emotional blocks or just torturing myself.  Either way, it has not been fun.

I receive a daily e-mail called "The Daily Groove."  I love the e-mails so much that I save everyone of them in a special folder.  Today, this is the e-mail...

:: Making Peace With What Is ::

Once you realize that resisting your child's unwanted
behavior actually creates more of it, you may find
yourself trying NOT to resist it. But that's just
resisting *resistance*, which is more of the same!
Now what?

Releasing resistance begins with the paradoxical act
of *accepting* your resistance, and then accepting the
unwanted behavior itself. In other words, making peace
with What Is.

The old habit of conditional/competitive thinking
might cause you to resist making peace with What Is
because it confuses surrender with defeat. But
surrendering to What Is, is actually the *victory* of
Love over fear. And it's the key to manifesting what
you DO want without resorting to violence.

Today, pay close attention to how you feel in your
body. Resistance is easy to identify: it always feels
tense in some way. When you notice resistance, take a
deep breath and gently remind yourself, "I could
choose peace instead of this."

Then let Peace choose *you*. :-)

So, to get through today, I am going to choose peace and love what is.  Hopefully peace will find me :-)