Yesterday was a day I will never forget. After torrential rains all night, thunder and lightning, Aussie our dog sleeping under the bed, Mike and I dressed and headed out for a meeting with an investment manager. The water was so high on Lake Aluma Drive in places that we couldn't get out and our neighbor, standing out in the rain, told us the intersection on the main road was impassable.

We turned around and spent the day watching the news reports of flooding, cars stranded in deep water, even a young woman being rescued as she clung to tree branches. On our own shore, the steps to the lake were completely under water, and boats and two docks from other neighbors were in our ‘backyard.' We had tornadoes and severe hail storms just a few weeks ago. (That was the day I crashed-Day 5). I did make brownies later in the day but I didn't eat them all; I even threw some out. And I did 2 miles on the elliptical and took a mile walk around the lake with Mike and Aussie. (Aussie was thrilled with the high water.) So I do see our 30-Day Balance Experiment working. Hope you are seeing some changes too.

SPIRITUAL thought/action: "I am not my physical body but that which uses it. I am not my emotions, but that which controls them. I am not my mental images, but that which creates them." Christmas Humphreys, Concentration and Meditation.

PHYSICAL thought/action: Today I will listen to my body and nourish it according to its needs. I give thanks to my body for staying with me through thick and thin.

MENTAL thought/action: "Grant me O Lord, at this time, a mind filled with love for you, and one that bears a knowledge of you, an intellect filled with insight into you, and a pure heart in which the light of the vision of you shines out. Amen" Isaac of Nivevah (Syria) 7th Century.

EMOTIONAL thought/action: Today I release attachment to my desires to allow miraculous results.

God is rolling his morning diamonds across the lake.... A bright beautiful morning after all the rain. Think I'll go take a walk with Aussie.  Lolly