L'Shana Tova, y'all.
It's Day 9 and I can't believe it... 9 days without meat eggs milk cheese dairy wheat gluten sugar nightshades (?) white rice noodles steak chicken turkey cake cupcakes chocolate liquor beer wine coffee espresso venti doppio americano decaf champagne sake port bread jam butter cookies m&ms candy soda diet-soda seltzer lox prosciutto pizza jigae... you name it, we ain't eatin' it.
But man, do I feel good. Pretty good. Gives you a fresh canvas, a fresh opportunity to take stock of yourself. It's most interesting to see how... SAME I am, in light of all this cleansing. To see how many of the things that were there, are still there -- the joy, the anxiety, the fear, the love, the passion. They're all still there. Yes, even the negative things.
That's the point. It's like with Mike and my joint problem of staying up late, thinking that the later you stay up, the more likely you are to "win" (win what? we've never been able to figure that out...). When you just take it all away, all the chemicals and all the delusions and all the games, you're still there. Same as you always were. And the problems are still there, and the joys, too. There's more clarity and space to work on them.
I'm surprised that more therapists don't recommend a cleanse like this as a mandatory part of their regimens. Talk about putting you in a better place to work on yourself!
One of the coolest things: I'm getting my wish... my wish of having a few minutes back inside mySelf from 20 years ago. It's a physiological time machine. I genuinely feel -- especially on Saturday morning when I can squeeze my head in the crack between the mattress and the headboard and sleep a little bit later, protected like that -- like I'm a little kid again.
It's a detox time machine.
Gabe
3 comments:
Mmmmm. . .like a kid again on Saturday morning taking the extra 15 minutes in bed before "Superfriends" starts at 8 a.m. Used to love eating Trix cereal and watching cartoons.
But yes, a physical cleanse is a great part of any mental/emotional work. The trick, as with everything I find, is motivation. Why are you doing this? For me, earlier this year I'd been sick on and off for 6 months and finally just said, "Ya know what, however much it freakin' costs, just get me well, whatever, work your magic, Dr. Rainbows." And she did and I've been feeling better and better since.
As you can tell today, after a day and morning of better eating, I too feel more energized, cleaner, crisper, like a freshly washed Fuji apple.
So, almost half-way through the cleanse, nice work. Imagine how much better you'll feel in another couple of days.
Love, M.
Rainbows always remind me of this picture: http://pictureisunrelated.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/picture-unrelated.jpg
Are you two in love? ;) Couldn't resist. Gabe, your note made me all soft and teary. Too cool that you're getting that same kind of effect that we got! We shared the drug! Love that you're finding some Gabe in the cleanse. We didn't have time to make Joohee's exotic drink last night, so we have to do it tonight. I'm traveling on the 2nd and that will be the tough part for me... finding cool new places to eat cleanse food while being tempted by my favorite old places in LA... Jerry's Deli's Matzoball soup!!! Okay, I'm calm... and committed. I can do it. I AM CLEANSED. Hee hee.
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