Nourish Review

Sunday, May 15, 2016
Om Durgayay Namah 
I revere the nurturing energy of life.

 I truly do revere the nurturing energy of life.  Maybe that is why my word for the year is nourish. So it is May and time for a check on my 2016 "word resolution."  

 Let's see....I guess I will begin with my success, which is that of nourishing my soul. I have read more scripture or my 365 days of gratitude verses. I have prayed consistently. I am trying to honor fasting on Wednesday and Friday. Truly, I know I have a long way to go, but I continue to work at it. 

 My failure is the nourishment of my body. I have really tried but obviously, by my weight, not hard enough. I am cooking more and eating healthier food. I have eliminated soda. I'm trying to drink more water. I work at the exercise but am never consistent. Unfortunately, I have a problem with portions and probably a food addiction. Well, I will plunge on and not give up on nourishing my body properly!

 Nourishing my heart....this is an easy one for me, I believe. I so love my family and friends...and try to welcome new people to my world. I try to bring our family together as much as I can. For example, I brought my cousins together to make Easter tiropites, my sister and I made my mom's recipe of koulouria, and of course, we have our family holidays. I try to do the same with my various groups of friends either getting together for dinner or an activity.  If I can be of help to anyone, I try to be just that. Sometimes I can be a pain, but most times I try to do the right thing. This all sounds like bragging but it is not meant to be--just a self evaluation of this area of "nourish."

 As for my nourishing my creative side, I took drawing lessons and have even drawn some pictures just on my own. My music has gone by the wayside but I am determined to pick it up again. I continue to write this blog, so that creative part is still thriving. 

 So that is May's self-evaluation. Lots of work to be done yet, but "I do revere the nurturing energy of life."

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  1. Barb and JohnJune 9, 2016 at 5:39 AM

    I so admire the way you work on yourself...you're so self-aware and brutally honest...maybe just a tad too hard on yourself...but whether you were consciously working on the nurturing energy or not, you would still nurture all around you because that is just who you are!

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