I was driving home from a training in Deer Valley with my friend a couple weeks ago, and I experienced something that has been on my mind ever since. On our way back, we stopped off at Whole Foods to grab some treats to celebrate. We got a package of Gluten-Free cookies, without really looking at the container. (Purposeful ignoring tactics going on.) Once in the car, and they had safely been purchased and carried out with care, I looked at the ingredients and feigned surprise that they had dairy, eggs, and sugar (Surprise, surprise! I mean really, what packaged cookies doesn't have dairy and sugar?). All of which doesn't stomach well with either of us and our gut/immune challenges we've been working on. As we were happily munching down on our yummy treasures, I shared with my friend what was in them, she simply said, "Sorry body!" and continued to eat the cookies. Shock and Awe was an understatement. I couldn't decide whether to laugh, cry, or yell. "No you're not!!" my mind loudly argued. If this had been a relationship, and her date was upset she kept slugging him on the shoulder, and she kept slugging him on his shoulder after she apologized every time, it wouldn't be a long-lasting relationship. If she were truly sorry, she would stop doing the thing that was harmful to herself.
It was a HUGE call to action for myself to stop doing the things that I knew were harmful to me and start treating my body like a healthy relationship that I truly desire to have with me, myself, and I. If I really am sorry, I would only put in it what supports my beautiful healing gut.
Lesson learned, noted, and acted upon! Thank you friend for showing up and mirroring back in myself what I was doing!
