Yesterday was…Wear Red Day…I did my best…which was red undies and socks…I posted an article with links to discovering your personal cardiac risk…
I felt proud of myself…I’d done my job…I’d made information available…I had even made the point that knowing your risk and taking action to lower it…was indeed part of living your truth…
That’s when…Bertha…zinged me…
What is my truth about heart disease…about being healthy in general…
Of course…I want to be healthy…I want to have a healthy body…that is my truth…
Then…what are you doing about it…
Zing…
Umm…hmmm…gulp…
About that time…Bertha…let me in on a point of truth…it doesn’t do me any good to know my truth…unless…I own it…and…live it…
Well…that was enough to make me drop my Twinkie and jump on the treadmill…as I realized that although my truth about my health had not changed over the past couple of years…that I was no longer fully owning it…and certainly not living it…not the way I used to…
She made me dig deep…
I realized the reasons why I stopped my healthy lifestyle…and looked at where they fit in with my truth…did those reasons and those actions fully support the truth of who I am…
It wasn’t a simple answer…in some ways they did…at least for the circumstances I was in…and…from the coping skills I knew at that time…
But…that was then…and this is now…time to really dig down into the truth of my health…own it…live it…
I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to do…but I do know that…wearing red…isn’t enough…
Jane…
Bertha and would love to walk with you on your journey of truth.
I love that Bertha calls you on your ****! Everyone needs that.
I had a similar epiphany not long ago. And began affecting the necessary changes. I know you will find your path to make any changes you need to make, as well.
Good morning Joyce…and thanks for dropping by. Excited for your epiphany…and mine…I already do many healthy things…it’s just a matter of releasing a few unhealthy ones and tweaking the others. I’m actually looking forward to the process. 😉
You pointed out a great truth here, Jane! Many people get caught up in the efforts to wear the colors but forget what the campaign really ‘stands’ for. I am glad you dug deep, with a little help from Bertha 🙂
Thank you Christy…yes…Bertha has a habit of handing me a shovel and making me dig till I figure it out! 😉