What you take in will produce fruit. No matter if it's bad or good physical, emotional, or spiritual. What you take in MATTERS. Your body, cells, your being depends on it. What do I mean? Lets say you want to drive a long distance and want to change your engine oil. Its the heart of your car if your engine goes your car does not go. You put in fresh oil and and you are good to go. Vroom Vroom you are off when your engine starts going. The other scenario is you can put sand in your engine. No oil nothing but grit and friction. You'd be lucky to get out the door. Take this piece of advice from me. Someone who was taking in poison in about every way possible. Examine your life, and make changes if you are letting stuff in that is damaging please make the change. DO NOT WAIT. Majority of the time it will be too late.
Majority of us are dying to Live! We must come into our true abilities, and that requires proper fuel, motivation, vision, and fire. There are many who talk, there are many who do, but there are few that follow true undivided purpose. Start with loving yourself, and the rest will start to flourish. Watch the foods that you take in as they are the vitality of your transportation. Take in junk you will be just that junk. Take in life and you will show life and spread life.
Listen to this song. Rock out to it, and Move into your Change TODAY!
I want you to understand something before I go any further. You were born with TRUE potential. What does that mean? It means that you as a person were born with original potential to make ordinary things unique to you. To take things interpret them in such amazing ways that you will amaze others. Wait... you mean that I don't have to be like everyone else? No! You were made to be you. Now we get to this serious part that affects the most of us... Mental Inhibition.
Mental Inhibition? What do you mean? I mean that there have been many times in our lives that we have been told hey man you would be really great at this... you should go do it, and follow through but your heart is not in it. You could be a cook, you could be a writer, you could be an artist or you could be a teacher, but it does not make you come ALIVE. You see the issue is we as people have not and will not seek out things that make us come alive. We work to survive, we eat to survive, we play to survive, but what makes you come alive? Something that makes you come out of your skin at the thought? Are you doing it? If you are questioning at this moment if you are or you are not read on further.
A story about me: When I was 18 years old I didn't want to go to college like everyone else. I wanted to go to massage school. I had a fire and a desire to do that, but my mom told me no to go to college and get my BA/BS, so I did. I went through 4 1/2 years and ended up with a degree I had no passion to pursue. I just let it go, and started working on computers which I loved, but had little technical skill other then component remodeling and mapping networks. I HATED IT. I don't use the word hate very often because it is a very strong word, but if you have ever seen the movie office space you know the main character's role? I lived it. I rebelled and eventually left. I was left going into the health field and eventually to Massage School, and you know what? I loved it. When I worked on people as I learned I started to come alive. As I started to come alive I started to see that things were starting to flow and people started to tell me I had great skill. My mind was in line with my body and it showed. I took what are normal massage techniques and made them my own. People got well and I got results that others would not normally get. When Passion, Dedication, and Vision unite it is a powerful day.
I want you to take a look at your life. Now don't do anything drastic, but I want you to look. Whether they have told you that you could or you couldn't do something. I want you to really look. What makes you come alive? What make you thrive not just survive? Recently, I was in a deep dark place and I had to look at myself and say Lou you are sitting in your own crap. You never realized you were in quick sand and kept on peddling until you were too deep to be helped by anyone but God. (Sometimes those are the breakthroughs we need.) I had to grab everything i have done for the last 7 years and completely revamp my life, the people I have in it, and the people I needed to get out of it. I was just a shell, but in reality it was because my Mind and Body were not aligned. Listen carefully here is the key to success.... Ready? FIND YOURSELF! What? You may be thinking? I am not lost? You think not huh? Look at the statistical data. over 60 percent of america is on some sort of narcotic to help balance their moods. I was one of them. They told me it was chemical, but you know what... Your mental ability is all controlled by YOUR perception and interpretation.
Find yourself truly, and you will find meaning. Find yourself and let go of hurt and pain. They were lessons not weights to be carried. Find yourself because in reality your life is a special gem and you were determined for success.
Success is more than having things, money, fame! Success is your ability to be yourself and impact a persons life from the instance. That is TRUE success. Succes is when you want to succeed as much as you want to breathe. You don't sleep because it makes you come alive thinking about it. Vitality is brought through with success. You change a person's being with your success, because once you are successful and find yourself nothing in your life will ever be the same.
Break Down:
1) Find Yourself
2) Drop the Hurt and Pain
3) Clean the Slate
4) Write Ideas
5) Build Small Actions
6) Complete Small Actions
7) Take Time for Others
8) Take Time for Yourself
When you are able to change the physiology of a person with a hug or a hand-shake. You are on your way to a Truly meaningful and successful life. We are all vibrational beings, and energy is dispersed in every interaction. Let Yours go from GOOD to Extraordinary.
I'm a fighter through & through
When you're sleeping
I'm prepping for you
I'm a fighter & this is true
Stack the card against me
I'll be ready for you
I'm a fighter & this is from me to you
You may be bigger then I am but
Your heart does not compare to mine
I'm a fighter & this is for you
when you sleep at night
remember I'll be standing over you
My heart my desire
My sweat and my tears
My determination and desire
My doubts and my fears
Will utterly be left in that ring
Every Single Time
Yes, I am a fighter
Though I may not look like much to you
You need to look deeper
See the beating heart
See I am gunning for you
No one has my desire
No one has my flame
It's burning before I go in
It's raging in the cage
I'm a fighter not only in the ring
I need to fight for whats right
among the elite, among the carnage and pain
I'm a fighter who helps up hold truth
I may be dressed in black & blue or in a three piece suit
I'm a fighter and remember what has been said to you
The world hits hard, but you keep coming
and no matter you fight through
I'm a fighter and there is nothing you can do
to contain this fire
desire
passion
will
no matter how hard I must train
I will attain that skill
Thats why
I'm a fighter
We live in a culture of stress. Everything that we do is under a microscope of some kind, and that affects our bodies in grave ways. One of the most common ways is we get locked in a sympathetic tone. Sympathetic Tone? What are you talking about? Sympathetic Tone was made to get you out of situations and or to fight in situations. Fight or Flight as described in most text books. It is part of the autonomic nervous system, and we have no control over this system. Our body responds when there is danger, and or fear. Come back into reality we go through monotonous schedules with tons of things to do, bills to pay, and places to be, and we kill our bodies with the go go go. How do you control that in an easy way? You stop and breathe!
Stress makes you change your breath from the bottoms of your lungs to the top. Forcing you to take in less air, and when you take in less air your body is STRESSED. To modify it, simply stop and take some time for yourself. 5 mins a day can help you be happier and more focused. Find an area with no distraction and close your eyes. I want you to imagine yourself relaxing. Feeling your body relax as you close your eyes. Now breathe in through your nose and out your mouth. Repeat it in slow controlled breaths. In and out letting your belly be the center of your focused inhalation until you cannot take in much more then OUT your mouth. You see what you do is you trigger relaxation and increase oxygen supply to the brain and body. Your brain get the signal to turn off fight or flight and goes into a relaxed focus state. I have learned that taking time for myself to do this is important. It doesn't matter if you are a bull rider, or a CEO because you all need to breathe! Take sometime for yourself and make that connection. The more oxygen you can take in during the day the better you will feel. Much love my friends and breathe in change.
These lyrics have really become so relevant in my life as of later. You see as a kid you always wanted to be that guy that everyone looked at and stood amazed by in the group. The newest jeans, the coolest moves, the awesome smile. As a little guy in 6th grade. I was under 5 feet and about 165 lbs. I was a big boy. You see I grew up in a rough part of chicago, and it was always survival of the fittest. If you were not up to the trends, fast enough, good looking enough you were prey. From the grade of 1st through 7th I would get beat up just about every other day. I mean really kicked around never by one always by about 3-4 bigger kids. Eventually I got fed up, and I decided I would teach myself how to fight. I started watching who else but Bruce Lee. Man if I could learn from Sifu Lee I would be set. I would sit hours upon hours working on low kicks and high kicks I mean kicking through the air like it was to save my life. My mom and dad wondered what the heck all the noise was about... because I kept on screaming waaaaaaoooooouuuuuuuu... haha... I remember their faces when they came down to see me kicking around like a maniac.
Anyways, one week that school quarter I went to class, and all was well. I was feeling froggy so I wore joggers to stay warm. It was break time, so I was going to the bathroom with my teacher. A bully that I had isses with prior decided he was going to heckle me. Oh and did he... I was talking to this girl I had liked forever. Making nice and such, and sure enough the monster came out of the corner. Back and forth he was making fun of me, and eventually I got enough guts to look at him in the eye and say leave me alone. His response "Or else what? Are you going to beat me up?" I was fuming, but I turned around and kept talking to my friends. Next thing i know everyone is laughing, and I felt a cold draft. The rat bastard had pulled my pants down in the middle of the hall way. I pulled them back up as fast as I could, and without thinking started throwing every kick I could at the monkey. High low, short, long I mean I launched at him. Like an aunt fighting an elephant I went after him. I didn't care how big he was, I didn't care what happen. I was going to kick him till I could regain some honor back. Sure enough a teacher saw this altercation and held the big dude and got me off of the offensive. He asked me why I did what I did. I told him and the kid got sent to the principals office. I went back to my seat... teary eyed, but I had face my giant.
Like I said this was survival of the fittest. 2 weeks later I was sitting minding my own business. Two guys started messing with me. One was more of a trouble maker then the other, but they followed each others lead. Sure enough... the guy got out of his chair and pushed me. I being the smaller kid fell out of my chair. Got back up and had these two monkeys standing in front of me. I started again throwing my kicks. I thought "heck if it works for one it should work for two." I threw them with all I had, and nailed them a few times. The fight got broken up. This time i got taken to the principals office along witht he two jokers. They were frequent fliers, so they were in and out. (Apparently their parents were on speed dial.) I on the other hand was left to talk to the principal. I was embarrassed, because I had learned to fight just so I could defend myself, and now I was in trouble. I waited for the principal to come out and ger me sure enough he told me to step into his office. Asked me what happened... and I told him. They started to pick on me and I did what Bruce Lee would do. Fight for honor. He said you fought for your honor huh? I said yeah... he said what honor is that. I said I get picked on everyday... different people just nag me because I was small. Bruce Lee was small and he didn't care to take care of them. He looked at me in the eye and said Luis... thats all great and good, but you are you... not Bruce Lee. You have to handle things the right way. Fighting usually solves nothing. I stopped and put my head down. I said yes sir...I understand, but in reality I didn't. It took me a long time to get over those fears that were placed in me while in Chicago. I carried those burdens with me until recently.
I was insecure, always wanted to be the tough silent type, but really made myself look like a jackass most of the time. I was trying to be an image of what I thought I should be, but in reality it was nothing but a shadow. I was fighting ghost of my past and I could not hit them. The ghost were left there by me, but I had no idea how to break them. Until I fell into a dark place, and had no choice but to do so. You see life throws you hurt, pain, sorrow and all kinds of issues. When you let it go and modify your behavior that is when it becomes an issue. Something I recently learned is your situations do NOT dictate the outcome your reactions to them do. Wow, powerful words indeed. I had to come to a realization that everything that I was and had shot for was because others wanted to project it onto me, but my passion, my real being was not in it.
Flash Forward to my current state. The wounds are still healing, but the majority have been healed. Outlook on life is awesome, and life has been embraced. I have learned more about myself in the past few months then I attempted to do in my past few years. I challenge you to do the same. Go into the depths of your heart and really look at yourself. Situations should never dictate your direction. The biggest misnomer in life is that you are a product of the system, society, your neighborhood. These instances are something you accept, and are not something you are born with in your genetics. They can be overcome by embracing yourself. Know yourself and God is there. God is willing to show you who you are any day of the week. You have to be willing to accept his invitation and be willing to see who you really are.
Without vision there is no purpose, and without purpose there is no life. Be the First of you, Find yourself, express yourself, and know you were wonderfully made. Bruce Lee was so great because he found himself. He found ideas and made them his own. You cannot fight a concept as it has many ranges, and you would pretty much need to guess every time. Let your concept form, and be true to yourself. I've learned this... my challenge is can you?
There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Thanks to @John_Beresford for helping me see the Greatness within. An amazing dude.
Beliefs don't usually change unless we have significant Pain-something shake us out of our old ways & we pursue a new approach, a new life. -Anthony Robbins
Remembering the phrase "This is the first day of the rest of your life." I don't know why today has been so liberating. You see for the past few years I was in a cycle of blaiming everyone and everything for holding me back. Today however, is my 29th birthday. Things have changed. There had to be a pain so great that it shook me to the core of my being. The pain was a broken heart. A heart broken because it had tried to love everything and everyone around it, but never chose to love itself. I've realized that loving myself is the best gift I could ever get. I've learned to appreciate others by appreciating myself and loving being alone. Realizing that simplicity is the basis of love in general. Yoda said something great "Do or do not there is no try." The same is true about love. You don't kind of love, because a half-hearted love is dangerous and can scar you and the people attached. As a matter of fact it's not even love, but a pseudo-form that is why the world is a jacked up scarred place at times.
I've realized that once I made this mental breakthrough not only did the people in my life shift, but I attracted like minded people. I'm thankful because my mind was stagnant and abused by the filth I let settle inside me. Now I am clear, focused on helping people and while I will need to bust my hump to crack some tough nuts. Th joy of adventure and growth has arrived. Today is a rebirth of myself from infancy to mental maturity. Seek it out and it can be found!
Many people don't realize the serious nature of the inflammatory cascade in today's food market. For example when you go to buy an apple at the store and you are attracted by the glow, because it looks almost like glass. Did you know that in most major food markets they buff the apples with High Fructose Corn Syrup to get that look. Majority of everyday products from protein bars to cereals have HFC in them. How can you get away from it? How can you stop eating foods that will later make you sick? You have to treat this like an addiction, because your body will crave these things like a monster when you stop. Don't believe me? Try not having any gluten products for one week. By the third day you will be looking at fast food joints like they were the only source of food in the world.Here are the things I did to help with me moving forward.
1) I increased my water intake during the day. Not only was I consuming more water, but I was consuming more then the "experts" were saying should be taken in during the day. Experts say 8-8 ounces glasses of water. That's all great but when you have anything high in protein you need water to break the bonds. The bonds require water just for that process. My goal was half my body weight in ounces. Why? Aiming for that goal would ensure that a guy with my body weight would have clear urine a pretty good indicator that my kidneys were balanced with salt and nutrients along with filtrate inside of them. Example: I was 196/2= 98 ounces of water a day. Also, get a 10 stage filter for your water system. It will help get most of the chemicals out so that you can take advantage of water without killing the budget.
2) There are 2 Green I have based most of my success on. This is Sun Chlorella & Hemp. Both are very alkaline and help the body decrease inflammation. Both have vital amino acids to help the body rebuild, and most of all both have fiber to remove the toxins from your body. Fiber is a big thing to take into your diet. It helps regulate the amount of fat absorbed through the digestive tract and also helps maintain the health of the intestines and colon. Not to mention they are greens, and anything that has a green leaf with deep pigments causes your body to become more alkaline. Means it eases overall inflammation. That's a benefit all in it's self.
3) Sleep is the key to regeneration and recovery. Going to sleep before the 11pm hour will ensure that you take advantage of the highest melatonin release period at 12 am. It will hel you get deep, sound, restful, regenerative sleep. If you find yourself having stiffness when you wake up after a good nights sleep. Drink a cup of water. It will allow the inter-vertebral disk to maintain hydration during your sleep periods, as your kidneys switch from 26% function to 50% to filter and detox your body during sleep.
I hope these tips help someone regain balance. Much Honor, Respect, and Love your way.
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"
— Hippocrates
I found many things to be true in life. The three truths are simple. Your spiritual, mental, and physical states MUST be in balance. When either of those fall off the others fall with it. I started to get support at church, and man did these guys make a difference. I mean they were REAL with me in about every way possible, but you know what it allowed me to be real and examine myself. I changed a ton from the first day I showed up to the end of guys group. I love those guys, and when I see them its always a hand shake, and letting them know they are in my prayers. Another realization I got from a video that I saw on youtube. Made me start to dig into it chemically. What if a human was able to heal themselves and regenerate that which has been destroyed? Can the mind and the chemical processes in it reverse damage to say the pancreas and make beta-cells de novo? If so could neurological inflammation and leakage be helped by the same? Watch the video!
Many of us are unaware we are poisoning ourselves and our families. Some of us choose the easy way out, and you can see there are consequences to your actions. You can also see that the reversal of disease can be attained. The reversal of disease is possible. When you give the right environment. Dis-ease is the ability for the body to fall out of balance and be unable to reestablish it through its own means. Simply meaning you cannot because you have not. Look at these quotes from doctor's and author's and see if they jolt you.
The reduction of inflammation in my body was not only the ability for me to remove the gluten from my diet, but all things that caused inflammatory responses this included nightshades (Tomato, Egg Plants, Green Peppers.) High Fructose Corn Syrup and all corn derivatives, and Casein which is found in 80 percent of all milk products. The reversal of disease is possible. When you give the right environment. Dis-ease is the ability for the body to fall out of balance and be unable to reestablish it through its own means. Simply meaning you cannot because you have not. Look at these quotes from doctor's and author's and see if they jolt you.
"The major uses of casein until the 1960s were in technical, non-food applications such as adhesives for wood, in paper coating, leather finishing and in synthetic fibres, as well as plastics for buttons, buckles etc. During the past 30 years, however, the principal use of casein products has been as an ingredient in foods to enhance their physical (so-called 'functional') properties, such as whipping and foaming, water binding and thickening, emulsification and texture, and to improve their nutrition."—nciz.org
"Opiates hide inside casein, the main dairy protein. As casein molecules are digested, they break apart to release tiny opiate molecules, called casomorphins. One of these compounds has about one-tenth the opiate strength of morphine. The especially addicting power of cheese may be due to the fact that the process of cheese-making removes water, lactose and whey proteins so that casein is concentrated."—healthdiaries.com
"The peptides from gluten [gliadorphin] and casein [casomorphin] are important because they react with opiate receptors in the brain, thus mimicking the effects of opiate drugs like heroin and morphine."—Dr. Charles Parker
"Casein proteins make up about 80 percent of the protein in cow’s milk. A type of casein called beta-casein is one of the major ones, and is itself of different kinds, depending on the genetic make-up of the cow. The most common are beta-casein A1 and beta-casein A2. Milk high in beta-casein A1 is being referred to as ‘A1 milk’ while milk high in beta-casein A2 is being called ‘A2 milk’."—nzfsa.govt.nz
Inflammation is your body’s natural response to infection or injury. But it’s when this normal response carries on for a long time that the problems start… Auto immune diseases are associated with chronic inflammation, as is any disease ending in “-itis” like arthritis. To be honest it’s a big problem for the same reason all chronic illnesses are a big problem — our lifestyles are unnatural! Everything we take into our bodies and even our emotions will either create or reduce inflammation in our bodies. A huge amount of modern lifestyles factors are “pro-inflammatory... I find it frustrating that with all the human suffering and with all the human resources available in the modern world that experts still can’t agree on what we should eat. You know — cows eat grass, monkeys eat bananas… how hard can it be?!! (Actually monkeys don’t eat bananas but that’s for another time).
The causes of inflammation? Stress, sugar, saturated and trans-fats, too much coffee, white baked goods, high glycemic foods in general, not enough fruit and veg, wrong ratio of essential fats, allergens like gluten (grains) and casein (dairy). Habitguide.com/chronic-inflammation
Now? I am about 75% better. Things are being reversed, and my body is healing. Now I want to help other. I have found who I am. I'm a willing, servant, who wants to serve the masses. What was once impossible is possible. You see when your goal are clear there are no distraction in the world that can stop you. People are dying all around us everyday. Poor choices, mass marketed product, food addictions, laziness, mental pollution. I am willing to put the news out there and let you make the choice. Live life to the fullest or stay the same. Its like "The Matrix" will you choose the unknown or will you stay at the known. My challenge to you is this... go for it. What do you have to lose?
Lastly, Know this you were made individual, beautiful, able, powerful, and wonderfully. Express your full potential as much as possible. Much love and peace to you all.
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"
— Hippocrates
I started to work with the Chiropractor and serve the masses of people that had lost hope in the community. I started to do screenings, and help people live a better life. I was loving it, but there was a part of me that said I want more. I decided I would go to massage school after work to see if it would be an effective way of learning to help people. I loved it, and I was learning a lot. Even when I was having crazy life issues being at the office or at school was my way to get the most out of my day. I was hustling through life. I would hand out business cards everyday, and bring people to the office. translating to spanish speakers and living an awesome and thought provoked life. I started learning about fish oil and nutrition from the doctor. He and his family were very supportive people, and I owe them a lot in my life. They are some of the few that never have given up on me even when I had nothing to offer but a broken heart and dreams.
I decided that I was so inspired after massage school that I wanted to go to chiropractic school. I wanted to change lives like he did, and wanted to mimic everything he did. I started my journey in chicago. I started basic sciences and squeaked by as many classes as possible. I started dating a girl, and man was I head over heels. I thought the world of her, and I did everything I could to help her. Too bad when it got down to it the toxicity I had exposed myself to would mix with her toxic nature and make me sick. I started my first trimester of chiropractic school, and was eating out as much as I could to keep up with the rat race. I was unable to concentrate and asked the dean to review papers with a neurological diagnosis. I got extended time, and it got me at least semi-mediocre grades. Not good enough for the state I was in, and I saw a clinician that day I got grades. He was super critical when I told him I was thinking of leaving. He told me "Boards will not take it easy on you, and life hasn't either. You might as well give up now while you have the chance. You are mediocre at academics at best." What a confidence boost. My then girlfriend decided that breaking up with me was too much work, and left me without telling me anything. My world was falling apart. I didn't have the heart to tell the doctor that his pride and joy had fallen through the cracks. I decided I would go to another chiropractic school. I packed up my things and moved to Georgia. Things faired better for me in the south. I was passing classes and making pretty decent grades. I lived in the 4th floor apartment with no elevator. (I always had a fire escape plan to jump into the tree across the way, but thank God I never had to do it!) 4 quarters passing by and I was growing frustrated. My reading ability was dropping every quarter. I was staring at books and pictures for hours on end trying to make sense of them. I was burning out. I got to a radiology class and figured out something traumatic. I NEVER learned how to study. Holy crap! I was heading towards one of my hardest classes and I never learned how to study? Now to put it together for finals? How am I going to do it! I pulled through the majority of my classes and decided I had a genius idea. I would blame my professors for making the classes to hard, and try and get people to support me. That lead me to move to South Carolina. Where I had more of the same issues. I could not read, I could not sleep, and my life was in shambles. I with a broken heart came back. All my friends had moved on in their studies and I was playing catch-up.
I decided enough was enough at that point, and I started seeing one of my teacher's who was a neuro-diplomate. I told him my issues, and what I was struggling with at the time. He did an exam, and told me I had more then a few things wrong. I had a cascade that had grown out of control. I was crushed, but willing to do whatever he told me to do. I started seeing him. I learned more about the brain and inflammatory responses. I saw no results for a while. My eyes would not track on their own, and my skin would just break out whenever. I kept on trying to go to school, and had to drop the majority of my classes. I had failed once again in my eyes. Why was I having such a hard time? Was I just dumb? I had just met a girl at the time, and was head over heel's again. She left me because I started acting really harshly. (Looking back I don't blame her. Hell I would have run too!) I tried to justify myself... using everything I could because everything I had was being lost. She walked away. My mom who I tell most everything too was heart broken. She saw my dedication, and she didn't know why things were not working out. I hadn't drank to that point, but I started to have wine. It was my way of numbing the world out, and it was the final nail in the coffin. That quarter ended up with me not passing some classes again. I was in complete and utter tears. Almost 3 years of my life trying to be a world changer, and I could not save myself. I couldn't get what I wanted because I was too dumb to do so... the negativity I had shoved inside me started coming out.
I blamed my genes, I blamed my past choices, I blamed everything, and I blamed God. I said God why would you bring me out to the freaking south so far from my family to die. Die of debt, die of loneliness, and die from a broken heart. I remember that night very clearly. I had walked out on the girl after telling her how much I cared about her, and seeing her scars I saw my own. Not only did it kill me, but in one instance my life was doomed if something drastic did not happen. I started to show up that night and write down everything I had done, and got consults from as many professionals as I could. Both professionals wanted to put me on pharmaceutical grade lithium. I decided to go with the natural form as it was "less" toxic. It made me worse at response time, and worse at studying. However, it made me honest with myself... even more then before. I decided that I was going to do an elimination diet based on the paleo diet, maker's, and gracie's diet. The paleo was the one that ended up working the best for me. Simple, raw, and alkaline.
I started to see a practitioner for NET (chiropractic technique) that focused on energy and breathing. Along with my adjustments things started to happen. My ability to hold adjustments increased, and my breathing patterns increased. I finally found the beginnings of a solution! Stay Tuned.
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"
— Hippocrates
This is a touchy subject for me. For the good majority of my life I was told that I had a skin condition that was just something I would have to live with. I was told that everything that happened was because my genes dictated the outcome. I had accepted that I was going to be a sick kid. At the age of 22 I had a 20 degree scoliosis, bad skin, and could not shake off weight for the life of me. I had difficulties concentrating in school since an early age, and was later diagnosed with learning issues, but there had to be more. I thought and believed that God had greater things for me, but the walls seemed insurmountable. Could disease be reversed? Could the cure to "Idiopathic" be in the activation and expression of our cells? Could mental thoughts be the dictator of what I stuck with and how healthy I could become? In the next few paragraphs I will tell you my story, and the struggles I have had and why I overcame.
Scientifically, the human body works in the majority of areas at a PH of 7.4-7.6. This is optimum for your cells to keep their shape, and to transport nutrients in and out of their membranes. You see your cells like you need balance. To be between the balance of 7 is balance for the body. Shifting towards the higher numbers can be beneficial if you are an athlete as it takes longer for you to become acidic during harder activities. That being stated I drift back to my childhood years. I loved milk and bread. I used to consume milk, bread, ice cream, rice, and meat like it was going out of style the next day. Heck, I remember stories of my grandmother giving me milk before bed every night when she would take care of me. I thought if everyone else said it was good it was good enough for me.
Later in life, I started to attend school and realized that there were a lot of things my brain had a hard time doing. I struggled putting things into sequence, keeping spacial and symmetrical things in order and contrast. I just thought it was not my thing, so I kept on living my life. I would test out of classes and grades, but soon be put back into regular classrooms as I could not keep up with the "elite". Why? What made me different? I had good parents who cared about me, fed me, sent me with lunch, and lunch money. I was lacking nothing. Sure I was a little fat, and short, and I had a few zits here and there but I was a kid. I didn't know any better and I thought it was normal. I never questioned and pushed on. I finally made it to high school, and was ecstatic.
I was only 5' at the time and had lost all my extra weight. In fact I am sure there are some washers at home depot that weighed more then I did at the time. I had made it through the first phase of my life. All thorough out school I was told I was daydreaming, not applied, and that I was just plain lazy. I had all the potential in the world, but never used it. In high school I made the effort to change that and started to workout. I worked out with the biggest boys I could find. My parents were strict, so majority of sports teams and after school activities were out of the question. I would wrestle with the boys on the wrestling team when I could, or was seen in the weight room with the "athletes" trying to keep up. I wasn't as strong as them, but my competitive spirit was never broken. I think that helped me mentally stay in the game. Physically, I still had bad skin, bad coordination, and was just far inferior to the rest of my class. I still struggled with mathematical and spatial logic, and again didn't question it. I just kept on saying it's not my thing I will let it go. I started to see a pattern, but because I was good at other things I just left it alone. I finally made it out of high school, and got into college and more of the same happened. I was getting worse and worse however. My skin was really bad, and the creams the doctor's gave me made me feel like I was being basted for thanksgiving. My scoliosis started causing me pain. I started off College with the aspirations of being a PE. Teacher. It's hard to become one when you can't participate in the activities. My brain was just not working on the path it should've been. My body was falling apart in more ways then I could count. The doctors were telling me scoliosis was something I was going to have to live with, and I could not do anything about the skin or pain issues I was having. I just couldn't accept it. 2 years in I took my basic skills exam to see how competent I was with the first two years of material. The noises in the testing hall were so distracting I could not concentrate. I finished the 4 1/2 hour exam hoping to God I passed. I didn't, and was delayed a semester. I was so frustrated I went back to school and changed my major to my minor just so I could get out. This soon would start to open my eyes to things unknown.
I went to my first criminology class I could remember that the topics were about the social system, and how we were being fooled and being led like sheep to the slaughter. I couldn't really believe the stuff that was being said, right? It was a crime for people to falsify and sell goods that were not really where they were supposed to be! I started to listen to the unjust issues that had happened over the past few years. People locked up with no trial, crops being modified and sold as real food even though they were genetically different. This was a different world then the one I knew. I kept on going to as many lectures as I could to learn more, however, if these people were lying to me I wanted to have enough evidence. I started to do research and see if they were telling me unjustified lies. Was this really happening in america? American the beautiful and the true? Yes.
I read about monsanto and all the things they were doing with agent orange back in times of war. How they made a similar product for our crops eventually requiring them to spray it on it for them to germinate. I wrote my report and my teachers loved it. My classmates not too much. They told me I had bought into the lies and that the internet was full of them. I just stored it in my head, and moved on.
At the age of 23 my life would change when I met a chiropractor. He asked me for a chance to help me with my scoliosis. Little would I realize he would open my way to uncovering myself in a new light. At that time I was in a toxic relationship, with toxic people all around me. From work to home the toxicity in my mental, physical and spiritual life was 10 fold. I went to see my chiropractor and he told me about my issues. I frankly told him he was crazy, and that I didn't believe him. I had been to over 15 doctors including specialist. They told me my neurological symptoms would never go away if anything they would get worse. (The Negativity in my life had polluted my mind.) I was hopeless, and there was not a damn thing he could do about it. He said to give him a chance. Something made me say yes. I started the process, and got my first adjustment. That was the first time my back didn't hurt when I sat up in 20+ years of life. He started to explain to me about the human body, nervous system, and the complex yet simple nature behind the control. I started getting adjusted 3 times a week. Letting my body start to heal and started doing corrective exercises at the office as well. I was well on my way to getting better. I started to realize the toxic nature of the environments I was around all the time. I decided that I would do something about it. I talked to the chiropractor and asked if I could work in his office one off day, and I loved it. Helping people get better was the way to live. I went back to my old job, and resigned. I was never so scared, but liberated before in my life. I knew that I would learn a lot during that time. That I did... but I would fall off the cliff and go to a harder place in the future... that would not only test my determination, but my willingness to live. Stay Tuned.
"Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength." August Wilson
We can see that many people have issues in society today. No matter if they be physical, mental, or spiritual. Your willingness to confront those parts of your life and make a change is what will set you apart. It takes you forgiving yourself as a start. Sometimes our judgements are so clouded we don't know what we are doing in life, but once we see that there is something not right we have two choices. We can either leave it or correct it. If you leave it you will have consequences and if you deal with it get ready to shake your foundation.
Those dark parts usually have roots that extend past the superficial. They go down to our core and many times are placed on fear. Once you are able to banish and conquer these issues you will be able to make progress. Use the pain it took for you to get those roots out of you to remind you of your true strength and your willingness to want to be better. I wish you all success in facing your demons, because it is worth hearing the angels sing. Oh what a wonderful sound and song it is.
I base my life on key terms: OSU- In Japanese means to endure/persevere though the sword pierces your heart. We used it in the dojo during sparing. When we got thrown clear across the room or kicked in the chest or face. We would say. OSU! It simply means to keep going as life is a learning process. Use that as motivation today. Don't stop, don't give up, and don't let anything (including yourself) hold back progress. Face fear as fear is usually based on False Expectations Appearing Real. Strive to fo better and hear that angelic song.
"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you’d better be running."
We were made to challenge ourselves. This is not about survival of the fittest, but it is simply stated that we all have responsibilities. You have the choice to go hunt and make things happen, and you have the choice of running to greener fields. You also have the choice of being eaten or of starving. What choice will you make today?
