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30-Day Balance Experiment 2010 Day 21

Mike and I drove (well, really Mike) to and from Colorado, from cloud mountains to rock mountains and back, celebrating the 4th of July in Vail and then visiting family in Aspen. Once we got back I wasn't about to get on the scales. But as I was finishing my tenth load of laundry, I looked at my two scales- the new digital and the old dial-o-matic- and thought what the hay? Face the truth and see how bad it is. I was surprised. Here I was weighing in the middle of the day and I was as low as I've been since we started our Balance Experiment! It's a miracle! (Must have been those 15 miles I walked in Vail...) I'm so happy I'm celebrating with a light beer.

I also feel really good because I completed a project I've been working on (finishing Visionary Oklahoma Women's IRS application for 501c3 status; yes, it's as exciting as it sounds), wrote the thank-you notes I couldn't seem to write during my cancer trauma, and exercised three miles! Just goes to show that what we think about ourselves can be way off!

SPIRITUAL thought/action: Ask: What is it that I really want? (If God told you He would give you whatever you asked, what would you say?) I really want a balanced body and I really want to write a well-read and enjoyable novel.

PHYSICAL thought/action: Ask: Is this (piece of pie, candy, bread) worth it? You and I are free to eat it, but is it worth it? (I actually threw some rhubarb/strawberry pie away today.)

MENTAL thought/action: Today I will focus on what I want, not what I don't want. Clicking through our ‘to-do' list (exercise, write those thank-you notes, finish a project) is the best way to clear our heads. It helps if I write down what I want to accomplish; my subconscious mind likes to know the program so it can start working on it.

EMOTIONAL thought/action: Clicking through our ‘to-do' list (exercise, write those thank-you notes, finish a project) is the best way to clear our heads and our hearts.

One of our sojourners has lost 8.5 pounds! Another one has lost 11 pounds!! I haven't been as successful, but on the other hand, I have released some clothes I've been holding onto. I plan to release other garments that aren't the new balanced, stylish me. By the way, instead of beating myself up for not feeling good in a bathing suit, I have changed what I wear to a swimming pool: black exercise pants to the knee and a black camisole. The new Baby Boomer Bathing Suit!

The Spiritual Times