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January 2008 
How would you continue the first post you made in your blog?
Posted on Jan 2nd, 2008
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Lucente
Lucente
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for December 29, 2007:
Oddly enough my first blog post here at zaadz was written on April 1st. It was about change being a process ...
I had written it for myself but also for a journaling group I was leading at that time. The inquiries regarding ACTions and "who you will be" continue to be applicable for me and I would add what I, coincidently, wrote about today regarding Change.
"Change is inevitable. What you do with the opportunity of change is up to you. So my challenge for you — amid your ever-changing life and the changes in the world around you — is to consider your answers to these questions: Who will you be today? Tomorrow? Next week? Next year? And — are you willing to take ACTions which will pave the road, which will take you to who you will be?"
I had written it for myself but also for a journaling group I was leading at that time. The inquiries regarding ACTions and "who you will be" continue to be applicable for me and I would add what I, coincidently, wrote about today regarding Change.
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I have been thinking a lot about this lately. I have come to the conclusion, true change evolves from Love. I have resolved to lose weight or change other self-defeating habits many times in my life. Each time I did, it was because I hated my body, the way I looked, etc. The weight always came back. It did because I needed to learn to act from a place of love and not hate. When I started to look at it from that perspective, I began to face what was blocking me and that lead to deeper questions about self-acceptance.
Breath-taking photo, Lucente.
When I read your comments, dear Otter, I am grateful; I am inspired. You have the ability to take what seems clear and finite to me to the another level of understanding, of clarity. It takes my breath away …
I am been considering just want exactly happened within me during the months between March of 2006 and the present. It was indeed about Love. It was a freedom (I finally gave myself) to live without boundaries and self-imposed shoulds and shalls. It was a time when self-acceptance and the acts of nurturing myself coincided — forming a bridge which took me to this proverbial other side.
Your words here about weight loss (and your post about loving and listening to one's body) are insights I have tucked in the basket of thoughts I carry with me. But, then again, there are several insights of yours in said basket! ;-)
Big Hugs to ya' and thanks for your encouragement, dearest Otter!