The Importance of Enjoying Life

I think I created this candida problem over many years of insomnia, over eating, eating on the go, and struggling through on again/off again bullemia. Yes, I can't say for sure...but the realization that I may have dug my own grave is staggering.

Our culture is in a great big giant rush. I work 3 12 hour days in a row...and I drag myself through those work hours using coffee, sweets, and quickly eating meals to stay awake and keep my focus. Have you seen those 5 Hour Energy commericals? Take a look...

http://www.5hourenergy.com/commercials.asp

If you didn't click the link, the commercials depict several different work environments in which employees are suffering to get through the day due to exhaustion. I hate that heavy lidded feeling that hits around 3pm. You start watching the clock, you're hungry and stop for fast food...or eat your "healthy" packed lunch ridiculously fast (thus making digestion difficult). But hey, we accept that's life and our culture pushes task oriented bullet pointed to-do lists on us and we just "get er done". I walk in the door from work and crash on my bed...toss and turn all night and then get up and do it all again. I find it VERY hard to believe a tiny red bottle of fizzy sugar like 5 hour energy will aid me in that fight. It's a bandaid...and our society LOVES quick fixes does it not?

I don't believe life has to be this way! This whole Candida experiment has become so much more than an issue of physical health for me. It's made me look my addictions right in the eye. I've had to come to terms with my lack of spiritual faith and way in which I view Jesus. I've swallowed the issue of efficiency for so long when I finally take a step back the amount restoration needed for a life lived in worship is completely overwelming.

What if we ate with gratefulness and took joy in the Creators ability to give us food on earth that naturally heals and keeps us strong. What if we had time to cook and sit down with our friends and family? What if we worked enough to have what we needed and used our spare time to love others?

I'm just working out my thoughts here...they may be imcomplete or maybe incorrect but I truly believe there is way in live in the United States without giving into the expectations of a such a busy and depressed society.

Aren't you tired of it? No wonder I know so many college kids who want to start a revolution...and so sit in coffee shops all day long writing angst filled poetry or signing up for every non-profit non-paying job they can find. Terrified that by the time they are 27 they will feel like they are 50, they wander aimlessly. And afraid they should be.

I'm not advocating laziness...if you don't work you don't eat. I'm embracing a holilstic idea of what a lifestyle rooted in Faith, love, peace and freedom would look like. I'm speaking about food and physical health yes, much I'm speaking of MORE. Body ecology, Natural Health, Candida treatment...these are just tiny parts of a large puzzle I'm trying to put together right now. I don't want to live in a fog anymore.

And so...Quinoa....mmmmmmmmmmm.