The Rational Rabbit Hole no. 1

“Bless your heart.”

Embrace the Within.

I didn’t stop writing. I just stopped publishing over the past few days because I was trying to figure out where this next part of the journey was going and how to define this next part of the journey. I get questioned a lot and I am not at all playing a victim in that. I openly put myself out there to be questioned. I am confident enough in my journey and my studies to be openly transparent about the struggles and triumphs and obstacles I face. So, as my journey has started to embrace more of a spiritual component that I had for years shunned and even ridiculed, there are apt to be questions. And I totally understand that. There is no one with more questions than me. I did not set out on a journey to rediscover my younger self. I did not set out on a journey to make people angry or disappointed. I did not set out on a journey to be a hypocrite. I set out on my journey to make myself healthy. And I wasn’t healthy fourteen days ago. I seemed like I was doing great BUT I really was a mess. That is not to say I am no longer a mess, however, I have a better handle on the messiness of life.

So, as of yet, I have no title for this new direction in my life BUT since the journey incorporates a slightly new routine, I figured I would start with outlining the changes and tweaks and additions to the daily routine. So, I still start out with the supplements and exercise routine. I am currently taking some D3, citrus bergamot, fish oil, and a multivitamin. My workout routine is the same with some increase in repetitions. I do my thirty push ups, thirty pointer dogs, a thirty second seated toe touch stretch, thirty crunches, thirty dead bugs which are like the pointer dogs but just on your back, fifteen lounges, fifteen bicep curls, fifteen bicep pulls, fifteen side tilts, a two minute plank, and fifty jumping jacks. I follow this with a glass of saltwater that I have been incorporating into my diet for quite some time. I mix a teaspoon of Real Salt with a gallon of water and that is my electrolyte mix for the day. As I am drinking that water I start doing some scripture study from a daily email I get from Kairos that gives me a little different part of scripture to read outside of my work on reading through The Bible. I am currently reading through the Old Testament and I am currently on 1 Samuel Chapter 8. I have also added a few new podcasts of the spiritual nature to my assortment. My complete list of podcasts are as follows: The Adventure Zone, BibleProject, Bible Study, Bible Study Podcast, Pentecostal Pioneers, The Lord of Spirits, How Not To Think, Revisionist History, Own Your Choices Own Your Life, The Jason Stapleton Program, Everyday Wellness, The Empowering Neurologist, and Behavioral Grooves. I am still off as much processed foods as I can manage. Some stuff I just have not been able to start making yet with garden production BUT that is part of the journey forward. I am working intermittently fasting to stop eating around 6 pm every day unless dinner runs late and not eating until 10 am every morning. That has been the best in keeping down my weight in conjunction with getting rid of the bulk of sugary and processed foods. Sure, I still enjoy some sugar BUT it is not the bulk of my diet. I keep shopping the produce sections and looking to avoid corn syrup and seed oils from my diet. And that, my friends, is a lot of a job in itself because most of the market and grocery is seed oil and corn syrup. Everything on the plantation is about the same. I get out there each morning to water the plants and let out the chickens and I feed the chickens and rabbits in the evening and lock the chickens back up at sunset. The garden is getting much better. I am getting much better at transplanting pepper and tomato plants. And that is mostly where I am today.

So, I hope that helps answer a lot of questions about where I am. I was questioned a lot when I moved into the liberty space of thought because I was fighting a lot. Now that I am moving into a Christian space, I get a lot of questions as well. The difference is that I am no longer going to fight to change you. You get to make that choice on your own. I am going to live my example. I am going to live my testimony. I am going to do what is right and just and joyful and abundant. And if you want to find an issue with that. If you want to think I am in a cult. If you want to think I am crazy. If you want to think I am a hypocrite. If you want to think anything, then that is your choice. I am going to live my life in the way God intended. I hope you do the same.

Bless your heart. Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain #EmbracetheWithin

Personal Meditation no. 219

“Can you smell the Friday!”

Embrace the Within.

My final Friday of the 2021-2022 school year. And what a mess the past fourteen days have been for all of us and most importantly for the youngest of us. These kids are hurting and looking for a way. And there are plenty of bad examples, unhealthy temptations, and evil intentions around to turn their heads in the wrong direction. And we’ve got to work on being the better examples if we want any chance of shining light on the darkness.

A lot of grown folks are struggling with darkness too over the past fourteen days. I started those fourteen days in a bad space. I was in a mindset of fear. Over the past fourteen days, I struggled, I wrestled, I fought, I failed, I returned, I continued, and I built until I came out a different person. If you knew me fourteen days ago, then you really don’t know who I am today. I find out new things about myself daily as well. And I hope we are all working on that foundation of growth.

And it all starts with making better choices for ourselves. And those choices are not going to be all around you. Most folks are just struggling to survive. I was there as well. I was living unhealthy and swinging at everything around me like an infant. I was angry and frustrated and tired and a victim. BUT, I desired to be something else. I desired a change. I saw that potential to become something else. I knew I could be a winner. I knew I could live abundantly. I just needed to start the change.

And after fourteen days of working on my body, after fourteen days of working on my mind, after fourteen days of working on my spirit, I am in a much better place than I was. I am focusing on how I want to be as a person. I am focusing on making healthy choices for my whole body, mind, and spirit. I am focusing on moving forward and making my life better. There are always obstacles like tree limbs and high winds that will inevitably be part of our lives. These things fall on the just and unjust BUT we get to choose how we react to those obstacles. And I know it’s been a rough fourteen days, however, it has been an opportunity to start making changes. Every day is an opportunity to start making changes.

So, if you don’t like where you are, you can start changing that today. It may take you a short fourteen days to lay the foundation of your new journey and it may take you a long fourteen days BUT it all begins with one day, one change, one choice. And one day soon, you can smell the Friday!

Bless your heart. Have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain #EmbracetheWithin