Your Soul Says “What About Me”
Oct 17, 2007 Unplugged Authentcity
I am watching an episode of Oprah. Yeah I know, but the girl has some good shows. She is just confused like a lot of other saved folk.
Anyway she had a special show for women over 35 and I am there plus 4 years.
Over the past couple of years I have been suffering from insomnia, panic attacks, triple irritability, circulation issues, hot flashes, horrible headaches, anger and oh…who know what else.
No doctor I went to would check my hormone levels and every other test came back negative. When I said that I thought I was perimenopausal, they looked at me strange.
So I left that one alone and consulted the books, my herbalist, and my a few naturopaths that I work with. They all agreed that my hormones are way off balance.
What I began to realize was that I was not taking care of myself. So I went on a trek to find out what I needed to do.
I soon found out that I needed to pay attention what my mind, body, and spirit were saying to me. They needed me and I was so busy being there for everyone else.
I was gently reminded that if I don’t take care of me then really no one else will. It was time for me to put myself somewhere in the equation.
So I made some changes
- switched my diet drastically
- read more books
- prayed more
- read my Bible more
- rid my life of all things negative (even some people)
- took longer baths and dared anyone to come in while I spent some time soaking and relaxing
I made some other changes that included taking care of me.
In my life I believe that God has a time for my death but I can shorten it by neglecting myself. To me that is a sin. To shorten my life before my purpose is served. What a shame and a slap in my Creator’s face.
My soul was saying “What About Me?”
My value of self was low, very low. Again I slapped God right in His face.
When we don’t take care of ourselves spiritually, physically, and emotionally our bodies become depleted. One you reach that perimenopause stage your body give out faster and it may not recuperate.
I could no longer live that way.
Watching that show with Christina Northrup, MD only confirmed what I have already been convicted of. I ordered her book, The Wisdom of Menopause
Now I live everyday in a different way. Yes, there are some days when it is harder than others, but for the most part life is what you make it and I say make lemonade and make it really sweet.
What is your soul saying to you?
October 20th, 2007 at 3:36 am
Wow this is really something I enjoyed reading. I never thought of not taking care of your self in this way. This will do me some good. I think we all need to re think our life style of self care! We are all worth every bit of time God has planned for us, if we weren’t he wouldn’t have planned it! Thanks for a good read!