Embrace Your Destiny: You've Got to Want IT

I wanted IT (normal walking) too much. I did too much. Sure it hurts, but it's suppose too. Listening to my body and my doctor is challenging for me. But, my body brought me to my knees. I acknowledge that I was wrong. The body can humble you better than anything or anybody. When the body says “Enough” that’s pretty much it, at least for me. I was stopped in my tracks. 

Walker, walker, I didn’t plan to bring you back to life so quickly.

Walker, walker, I am keeping you close again, 

You are my best friend again.

I want to leave you sitting, but that’s not safe.

I’d like to ignore the pain and move on strongly. 

But, that's stupid. I’ll keep you close until I’m sure I am stable again.

Embrace Your Destiny: Making Bone Broth

Making the Broth

Two pounds of beef bones looks like this after they have been roasted in the oven on 350 degrees for an hour. The longer the roasting time, the better the flavor seems to be. I got my recipe from Mother Earth website. Since that first time, I have talked to other broth makers, butchers and chefs, and  experimented. The following recipe is what I have found works for me. Each time I might do some slight variation. The two "must do" secrets are to use several tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, and cook at least 24 hours, but better at 48 hours. Everything else contributes to the end product and flavor. Also, don't forget that all ingredients need to be organic!

Embrace Your Destiny: Eat to Live or Live to Eat?

I didn't realize how much my diet contributed to how good or how bad I could feel. I should have known! You don't know what you don't know. I was good at dismissing low energy, fatigue and joint stiffness. I thought I felt  good or okay because feeling just okay was my new normal. Then, suddenly I started feeling really good! My energy was fantastic, and joint pain was at a minimum. I had forgotten how good "good" could feel. This premise of "you don't know what you don't know" was fundamental to analyzing the findings of my research for my dissertation. I found it to be fundamentally true then and whenever I taught or embarked on a new learning project.