This past week I was sitting at my desk at work when I ran
across a few quotes on how important a relationship with God was (nothing I
hadn’t heard/read before) and how it was important to align yourself with like-minded
people that can easily uplift you in the word and give you positive energy that
you need in this negative world. At the beginning of the year I decided to
start eating healthier, adding exercising into my daily routine and even
meditating more. Many of the people around me thought that this was a rather
drastic change, but for me it was all about cleansing. What do I mean by this?
I’ll tell you….
Once I turned 25 I decided that I wanted to do a cleansing and
a reevaluation of the things and people in my life. I realized that I was
harboring onto a lot of dead weight that I should not have been. I was allowing
too many negative vibes to control my day, and most importantly I was shunning
off all activity that required me to run or overly sweat (smh). Although it
took me a while to actually get into the routine, I’m glad I made that
decision. Aside from all of this I wanted to be that person that spreads
positive energy much like I wanted others to do for me in my life. In order to
fully be a positive person you have to be willing to remove all negativity from
your mind and thoughts…all of the can’t, won’t, I don’t think I can do this,
have to be replaced with I CAN, I WILL, I CAN DO THIS. Although this is the
most trying and most difficult part of this whole experience, it’s also the
most rewarding. It’s nice to see the positive in everything that people see's negative in. It’s even gotten to the point that if I feel a negative vibe from
someone I just remove myself from the situation, because that vibe alone makes
me feel so type of way. So how do I steer clear of negativity, well it’s a
combination of meditation and prayer. Meditating is such a great thing if
you’re doing it correctly, it took a minute for me to learn how to cut off the
noises of my daily life, but once I was able to do that I become one with
myself.
Aside from
spreading positive vibes and meditating I’ve come to realize the power of food. I’m
a complete foodie, but sometimes you become what you eat. I always had this
concept that because I’m skinny I’m healthy (knowing good and well I was
feeding myself lies), but this is what I told myself so I wouldn’t feel guilty
about eating Popeye’s Chicken. I’ve now come to realize that you have to fuel your
body with healthy foods and exercise, in order to feel and look healthy. So
this meant I had to be selective on what I eat. At the top of the year I
decided to give up beef and pork which turned out to be a relatively easy thing
to do. The hardest part has been completely crossing out fried chicken and fried seafood from my diet. None the less as I sit back and look at the progress I’ve
made, since the top of the year I couldn’t be more proud of myself. I’ve just
about removed anyone whom I felt was negative in my life and I have chosen to
live a healthier yet positive life.
I said all of that to say, sometimes you don’t understand
life until you take a step back and reevaluate and cleanse. Sometimes you have
to get back to the basics in order to see what and who needs to be in your
life. For me this required me to surround myself with more positive minded
people, eat healthier, exercise more, and most importantly meditate. Everyone
has their own route that they take when they get to this point in their life, but
this is what worked for me. Once I did this I came to realize that its more to
life than what's on the surface, sometimes you have to dig deeper into your inner self in order to discover things about yourself that you didn’t know you possessed.
POSITIVE VIBE, POSITIVE MIND, POSITIVE LIFE
Britt Daise
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