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30-Day Balance Experiment 2010 Day 7

Correction from yesterday: my college English professor and faculty advisor was only 75 when he died, the age of my husband. When someone dies in their 90s, I feel like he or she has lived a full life. Anything short of that and it's just too early and tragic. I say that and yet when those really close to me go to live in that big mansion in the heavens even if they are 150 years old, it will be too early.

So here we are on the 7th day of our 30-Day Balance Experiment. And what did God do on the 7th day? He rested. So shall we. This newsletter will be brief. I just watched An Education (lead female Carey Mulligan was nominated for an Oscar). YBD -Your Bounden Duty.

My week's successes:

SPIRITUAL thought/action: Committing to our shared purpose of balancing felt so right. The universe sent me the message: "We are on purpose."

PHYSICAL thought/action: I got in 6 miles of exercise (2 miles of walking/4 miles on the elliptical). My scales dropped I think 2 lbs- hard to say- with the new scales. I did notice (SURPRISE) that the day after I exercised the scales responded accordingly.And I really did eat and drink less and did not feel deprived at all.

MENTAL thought/action: Putting a happy photo of myself on my refrigerator was good. (Replacing the "thinnest I've ever been but wasn't happy" photo which didn't work, I belief, because I wasn't happy.) Now every time I'm in the kitchen I see myself exactly how I want to be- happy and my ideal weight. What we think about is what we get. Our thoughts are magnets. We are always moving toward our most dominant thought, whatever it is.

EMOTIONAL thought/action: Although I had my ups and downs, I did not stuff my feelings except for Day 5, crash day.

Email me your successes if you care to, and I will share them if you want. Any and all suggestions are welcome. Are these newsletters too long for you to read in a busy day?

The Spiritual Times