Archive for May, 2009

Redirection

Seeds XI, 22

Seed: Redirection

I’m sure you’ve heard the statistic that an airplane pilot is on course only 15% of the time. What that means is that the other 85%, the pilot is steering.

Cancer doctor Bernie Siegel loves to quote his mother on this steering phenomenon. She says, “When troubles happen, God is redirecting you.” Redirecting is another word for steering.

It’s a 15%:85% ratio, dear one. Play this out with me:

You set an intention. You create your strategy for achieving it. You break it down into small steps and you follow through. What happens?

You go along success following success until some choice, some action, isn’t successful. Then God redirects you, you make a new choice, and you carry on toward your goal.

In my experience, those redirections are some of the most fruitful changes I ever make.

Be joy,

Susan Corso

Dr. Susan Corso

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Bernie Siegel’s mother: When troubles happen God is redirecting you. REDIRECTION *

Fast Food

As a rule, I’m not particularly a fast food eater. No offense to the food, it just doesn’t leave me feeling good, and I like to feel good when I eat. Really, when I do anything!

Because of the agreement I’ve made about my time at Visions Medical Center, I have 30 minutes for lunch. I took my standard raw food lunch the first day, and there simply wasn’t enough time to eat it! I had an upset tummy for the rest of the day because I had to eat fast.

Enter Karyn Bender, registered pharmacist and holistic health coach.

Her blog is Simple Food ~ Sane Life and believe me when I tell you that Karyn truly believes that simple food creates a sane life. The converse is also true … complex food creates a complicated life, and I definitely choose simple over complex every time.

So I slyly asked Karyn to write a blog about healthy meal bars. Here’s her response:

I’m not a fan of ‘meal’ bars. healthy snack bars …. ok! the ‘meal’ idea can be ok on occasion for those who are traveling … and in emergency. real food is best for everyday life. and i do have some that i really do like.

So I wrote her back and copped to my hidden agenda. For what it’s worth, the very best way I’ve found to deal with hidden agendas is to speak them aloud! Karyn, I wrote, these meal bars are for me!

She answered me:

ok, that’s different!

you like raw food … check out LARABAR. they can be purchased in most stores. the other bars that are healthy are really difficult to find: GoRaw and Macrobars.

What a relief! I went on Amazon.com and found the Jocolat package of 18 Larabars for under $20. Now I have some choices that can’t be bought in a drugstore, but will serve as a meal bar when I want one, and the Amazonians deliver.

Just so you know, the other time I need a fast food meal is when I’m wrapped up in my writing and don’t want to stop to fix or eat a meal. It’s taken me years to learn this, but I’m beginning to understand Karyn’s wisdom about simple food and sane life.

I have to take care of my own food needs which means that I have to know what they are. And that means, of course, taking the time to listen to myself, and ask for what I want.

Check out Karyn’s blog Simple Food ~ Sane Life for more food wisdom. She is terrific at helping to transform your relationship to food—and believe me, mine needed it!

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The Tomb of the Unknowns

I can think of no better way to spend 10 minutes of your Memorial Day than to hear what it takes to guard what is known as The Tomb of the Unknowns, as yet unidentified servicefolk who have protected our country. Watch this remarkable story, and with me, please remember in prayer every soldier, sailor, air cadet, and marine, as well as servicemen and servicewomen in every nation.