Synchronicity takes the coincidence of events in space and time as meaning something more than mere chance, namely, a peculiar interdependence of objective events among themselves as well as with the subjective (psychic) states of the observer or observers. ~ C. G. Jung
Favorite Quotes
-->"Climb a mountain to see, not to be seen." --David McCullough Jr
-->"Selflessness is the best thing you can do for yourself" --David McCullough Jr
-->"Despite his money and his looks and all the good-on-paper attributes he possessed, he was not a reader; and, well, let's just say that is the sort of nonsense up with which we will not put. " --The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown
->"Recognizing good is the remedy for every woe." Susan Vreeland
-> "Love is friendship caught on fire." Elia Gourgouris
-> "Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on." Jonathan Franzen
-> "The world would be a better place if everyone dabbed calomine on welts of bad news." Pushing Daisies
-> "They do not love who do not show their love." Thomas S. Monson
-> "A dangerous path is made more so by darkness." Big Fish (movie)
->"People whose lives are not balanced by a healthy love of money suffer from an appalling obsession with personal integrity." Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
->"Every household needs one piece of furniture in really bad taste." Glass Castle, by Jeanette Wells
->"Laughter is like a fresh breeze--it cleans its way through the body." The Host, by Stephenie Meyer
->"Of all the hardships a person had to face none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting." Thousand Splendid Suns by Khalad Hosseini
->"One can't pray for different musical notes--one can only ask to play as well as possible the notes one has been given." Quiet Girl, by Peter Hoeg
I've decided to downsize the number of supplements I've been taking, one of which was to maintain the alkalinity in my body. I thought I would just focus on eating more foods on the alkaline scale. But I'd been putting off getting out my list of foods and actually stopping the shipments until this morning, in my e-inbox was this article on the perfect alkaline food: Romaine lettuce! Yum! Costco here I come!
Hooray for me! Everyone is always bringing in goodies to share... Today I was in the break-room with a lone cupcake staring at me--my favorite too: chocolate with vanilla frosting. I picked it up, started to tear away the cupcake liner, then stopped and put it back. It taunted me for 20 minutes, until a co-worker came in and scooped it up and ate it! Yay! I resisted the temptation until it was no longer an option! After work I dropped Rich off at home and just ran in to get a jacket to go visiting teaching. While there I was feeling a bit hungry and remembered I had a coconut candy bar in my desk. I started for the bedroom to retrieve it then remembered the "cupcake incident" from earlier in the day and didn't want to negate that victory, so went out the door without my treat.
I know I'd tried similar drastic measures before, but after reading this article about the link between dairy + sugar and upper respiratory allergies, as well as joint inflammation, I decided today to go cold turkey on the dairy and sugar. I've been suffering from post-nasal drip since November and I've felt arthritis-type pain in my fingers, toes, hips and knees for awhile now. I'm going to give it 6 weeks of strict compliance and see if it makes a difference. Wish me luck! [p.s.: to get ready for it, last night I ate 5 mini Milky Way bars and a bag of Pirate Booty Cheese Puffs...]
