I define love as the ability to appreciate something or someone without the expectation of anything in return.  Your essence is love.  Whether you embrace that part of you is much of your journey in life.  How people deal with this love of self and others can be as different as the two images below.  The image is the same but the change made to the exposure of light is the only difference.  May you always live in the light/love or return as soon as possible.

We are human beings.  Anything that ends with -ing usually means there is something happening.  Maybe you are creating, making, sleeping, or any number of activities.  This year I have learned a lot about the first part of the word being.  And it emplies that you don't have to do anything.  It was forced upon me because I had veins in my legs that limited the -ing, so I had to learn to just be.  Now that the veins have been fixed and I'm healing very nicely I can choose my own limitations or not. I am trying to create a balance that keeps the scale from tipping too far in any one direction.  It's a good plan, I think.  And every plan in my life usually comes with a Plan B, more often times than not ends up being the chosen path.  (Below is another approach to the image above, and I rather prefer the softer look.)

What's old is new again.  Just like fashion, many aspects of life seems to "have their day" only to recede into background and then once again come back into the light.  Along with the back to natural trend that is happening in many areas of people's lives, I have also been reunited with a small book I ordered from the Farmers' Almanac called "Apple Cider Vinegar."  It turns out that having some of three items pictured below will help out a lot.  And it tastes like a Granny Smith Apple drink to me. I toast, "To my health," and drink it down.  Here is a list of the benefits:

1. Every day: I use - 1 T honey (an antioxidant), 3 tsp. ACV, and 1 c. water  I do this twice a day (see #14); book recipe 2 T honey, 2 tsp ACV, glass of water  (I use less honey because honey has so many charbohydrates and I prefer tart to sweet)
2. Restore energy and combat fatigue and insomnia - 1 c. honey, mix in 2 T of apple cider vinegar.  Store in a wide mouthed jar.  Take a couple of teaspoons before going to bed.  If needed take 1 more tsp a half hour later.
3. Research by D.C. Jarvis, M.D. "Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor's Guide to Good Health" states that its high potassium content promotes cell, tissue and organism growth. It is also high in other minerals associated with good health - phosphorus, chlorine, sodium, magnesium, calcium, sulfur, iron, fluorine, and silicon and trace minerals.  The healing power is activated by the apple cider vinegar.
4. Regulates blood pressure
5. Compacts plaque and fatty deposits in the blood vessels
6. Helps strengthens the heart
7. Healthy digestion
8. Treatment for food poisoning
9. Keep the kidneys and bladder functioning properly
10. Lowers bad cholesterol levels
11. Stabilizes blood sugar
12. Controls the appetite
13. Weight loss (1 1/2 lbs. a week) 
14. Combat fatigue. To battle fatigue, take the recipe listed in #1 above between meals, (it will also curb your appetite and cravings)
15. Relieve arthritis by dissolving calcium deposits and flushing harmful toxins and crystals from joints, tissues and organs
16. Conducive to the proper oxidation of the blood
17. Kills infectious viruses
18. Contains chemicals that are valuable cancer fighters
19. Soothes sunburn and maintains healthy skin
20. Ends dandruff and prevents itching scalp, dry hair and baldness
21. Helps sinus, asthma, and flu suffers breathe easier
22. Relieves sore throats and laryngitis
23. Prevent and reverse memory loss

Dr. Jarvis recognizes three type of sickness - those caused by bacteria, those by parasite and the "energy diseases".  The energy diseases are caused when the body doesn't know how to shut down.  The diseases caused include high blood pressure, heart disease, ulcers, allergies, asthma, migraine headaches, diabetes, arthritis, and cancer. Drinking the apple cider vinegar (ACV) mixture helps the body shift its chemistry from preparing for constant battle, to allowing the body get to the business of building and storing the reserves it may need one day in the future.

Disclaimer, you are an adult and in making any decisions on your own behalf, you are responsible for your choices.  The information above has helped me and is the only reason I share it here.  To bring down my triglycerides I added some oil of garlic to the ACV mixture.  I also included milk thistle and CoQ10 with my daily supplement intake - my numbers came down from 299 to 64 in two months.  So that has me excited and I'll be toasting to my health with ACV from now on!

Apple Cider Vinegar - Raw - UnfilteredAn apple a day - to cure many of today's energy dis-eases. We do too much for too long and the body needs extra help to recover. This is my new resource.