cleanse sunset

if this blog was a library book, i'd have crazy overdue fines by now!
but i've good reasons...
big life changes... regarding where i call home, career direction, etc. that i cant fully disclose yet as i am
eyes and hands turned skyward
waiting
listening
senses attuened
for that nudge.

so, perhaps long awaited and much overdue, here are my closing thoughts on the cleanse...
i developed new good habits and learned powerful lessons about what i put in my body, how i view food, and my priorities regarding nutrition and time/life balance. (yes, i now stay up later than i should cooking, preparing, ensuring i have goodness to eat the following day(s) - and apparently, blogging).
i successfully experimented w/ eating raw, vegan, juicing... learned a whole lot about my body, hormones, and how my eating habits thus far in life have crafted this body & these emotions.
i am now a food zealot. relax, i only pontificate if asked. i (try to) pack & carry healthy food everywhere i go. i can now sustain outrage and long-winded argue the tragedy that is readily available packaged & overly preserved food in the richest nation on earth. i experienced making a more determined transition to buying organic... i ate out less. i drank once. i paid less attention to the news. i lived selfishly and introspectively. i shunned loud situations and men. actually saved money, while buying the most pristine, beautiful, natural sustenance i could, with background news reporting prices of rice spiking hundreds of %s. again, i evaluated why me and gave profound thanks for my luxury and wealth as an employed american. i watched gas prices spike even higher and contemplated the mileage behind those organic californian strawberries i splurged on throughout the month. (cover your eyes here...) i found a homemade substitute for milk (almond mylk) and continue to watch the amount of mucus (ewwww...) that occurs the day after i eat the slightest bit of cheese (the only dairy im now consuming). i gave up ice cream. and bakery. and cookies. and brownies. ohmy. i did. ive moved closer to being jewish ;) in terms of cultivating the body Temple. i ruminated on the sanctity of food - the purest, easiest form of nourishment that we receive in this human existence. and i secretly wish to be a waitress so i can bless and deliver nourishment to the general public. one day my imagination might supercede my reality... ;)

thanks for joining me on the ride thus far. i think i will continue random postings. i need an outlet for those soul-quivering lessons, expression for fleeting moments of beauty and Greatness, and a gratitude space for all that i have been given, as well as a place to thank all those who motivate, encourage, and pick me up. we're in this together. interdependence.

dont hold back,
c.

p.s. feel good, heart-swelling, tear-inducing song of the day, coming soon to my yoga class near you: Better People by Xavier Rudd off his White Moth album