I had an amazing meeting with my Personal Health Coach yesterday. We talked about the "staff of life" ...grain and briefly about dental work...ouch! I'm happy the chat about grains and "super grains" lasted longer than the dental work/heavy metal talk...though the more I'm given to read and learn, the more I believe I need to get my chicklets updated ASAP!
So I'm super pumped up after my chat with Coach. I drive home and it seems like the drive lasted about 30 seconds when in reality it took just over an hour. I don't know what it is but talking about nutrition with Her. Her spirituality elevates the level of mine and convinces me I can do ANYTHING! Her nature is so gentle and accepting of me and I truly know and feel the love She has for not just me but all life. She is truly a beautiful emmisary of God and I am fortunate to be taught how to eat by Her.
I get home, take care of a couple things and immediately go and get on my running shoes and shorts and out the door I go. I ran my old loop - 5.6 miles... the run I made every day in training for the 2006 Air Force Marathon. Previously I'd run this loop since starting this path 2 weeks ago and had never made it all the way around without stopping to walk 2 or 3 or more times between start and finish of the run. Yesterday - different story. Pumped full of hope, love and feeling the rush of having one of the most important conversations in my life just an hour and a half earlier I lit out for my run around the loop, quietly asking Coach to accompany me in spirit on my run. When I flagged and felt like walking I just asked Her to help and encourage me a little bit but not carry me and let me do the work.. Suddenly I would feel a burst of adrenaline and my feet got lighter, my legs stronger and my air richer and more plentiful. Everything around me seemed to get brighter and more brilliant..greener, more lush and the sky bluer and more vibrant; the hard pavement beneath my feet softer. Truly amazing!
47mintues and 25 seconds later I made it back to where I started my run. All the way around the loop, ran the whole way and asside from the small blister under the callouse on the ball of my right foot I felt tired but otherwise very, very good! All I kept thinking was thank you Coach. Thank you for everything! I love You!
Thanks Coach.
Wow, Wow! What can I say more? This is beautiful! I am always with you in spirit to lead and encourage you. Mark, I truly believe that you absolutely can accomplish anything, you have already accomplished so much by losing the weight, adding new and delicious food to your meals and realizing how good you feel when you eat right. You've also wrangled with some demons and found you are much stronger than they.
ReplyDeleteI love how you've discovered, without me saying anything about it, that with better and healthy choices, colors are more vibrant, food is more delicious and the love God has for you is more readily apparent. Food affects every cell in your body and also affects your physical stamina, your attitudes and your thoughts.
Thanks for being such an awesome client!
I love you too!