HW420 - Unit 10

     In unit three I gave myself an 8 for spirituality.  I have always believed in God and the power and wisdom he has given me.  From an early age, I knew the importance of this connection in my life.  I know I need to be more actively involved in a community of faith.  My husband and I both feel a need for the sense of community – we just have not found our second family.  It is for this reason I have not progressed from an 8. Spiritually I am lifted every time I take a walk outdoors or look outside my bay window. 

     It’s time for the two of us to be more active and find that community that satisfies our need for a spiritual family.  Easter is always a good time to start anew.  We need to find our home by Easter Sunday.  That is our goal.  We have ventured to a few places.  We will be trying a new Church this week.

     Physically, I rated myself at a 5.  I had planned to go to the rec center religiously but failed.  However, I have modified our eating plan and shifted the structure of meals around the Paleo diet.  I bout a Nutri Bullet and make everything from fresh fruits and vegetables.  I have shed 8 pounds in the past 2 weeks and feel great.  I definitely have more energy.  I have increased my rating to a 6.  I have a long way to go.  I have decided to make our meal choices part of a lifelong lifestyle change and not diet.  Since my husband is not big on going to the rec center,  I need to implore the assistance of one of my children to keep me accountable and exercise on my own.  I have not done that yet.  I am coming down from 10 weeks of statistics.  I do plan on becoming more active outdoors when the weather improves.

     Psychologically, I rated myself a 9.5 in unit 3.  I do feel confident and positive.  I learned a long time ago not to sweat the little stuff and to be grateful for what I have.  I am more focused on the needs of my patients at work.  I find myself taking the additional time to see the human being before me and not just the physical complaint.  It is a much more fulfilling way of delivering care. 

    This course has provided me skills to dissolve mind chatter and negative thoughts as soon as I recognize them.  As a result, I am more alert, focused and yes, happy.

     Right now it is snowing outside.  I do love winter and the clean crispness of the air.  That pretty much is how I feel about this journey we all have been on.  It's been cleansing and liberating and thank God it's on-line, for I doubt I would be this publicly honest.