Another Brick in the Wall......

What do you think of when I say bricks? Do you think you have brinks in your life? Well, I’m exploring mine with a wonderful book by Marianne Williamson.

It is” A Course in Weight loss”

The first chapter is on our bricks like fear, pride, shame, selfishness, anger, ETC…I like her visual of our "Fat" being made up of "Bricks in the wall". And learning what each of those bricks are, facing those bricks, facing the truth, they can dissolve in the light of our truth. With your journaling you address each of these bricks that are in our lives and get it all out in your writings. And we love ourselves through this process.

Here is a snippet of the idea on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcRkatSz9o4

I recommend the book and if you’d like to view it immediately you can download free a PC Kindle here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000426311&tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=8403591349&ref=pd_sl_68gf1oywpl_b

The Second chapter talks of writing a letter to your "thin self"and back to your "Not thin" self . She stands before you not craving food but craving love. You can let her know how you feel but still letting her know you love her.
I love where it says that you cannot hate yourself thin & ONLY LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR!   So As I begin this new journey into myself, I will share what I’m learning and hope that you will join me in reading this and let me know your thoughts on it too.

A prayer from her book:

Dear God,

Please forgive me

if I have failed to love

every part of Your creation.

Open my eyes that I might see,

soften my heart that I might love,

open my mind that I might understand

every aspect of myself.

Heal my relationship

with all of me,

that I might suffer no more

such violence toward myself.

Please help me, for by myself I cannot win this

war.

Please lift me above the battlefield

to the peace that lies beyond.

What a beautiful way to seek guidance in the battle against food, overindulging and weight gain. It is a battle for me especially in the evening, when I want to snack...

I enjoyed this wonderful delight recently:

Yellow Squash pasta with Olive Tapenade

1 yellow squash, peeled with a vegetable peeler, or spiralized

(Save seeded part for later salad)

2 carrots, peeled with a vegetable peeler

Sun dried tomatoes, to taste

Tapenade:

½ yellow pepper, chopped

½ C. pine nuts

Black olives, to taste

Lemon juice, to taste

Salt, to taste

Dried herbs, to taste (I used basil)

1. make pasta with slices of squash & carrots arrange nicely on a plate
2. pulse in a processor, the other ingredients& toss with pasta and add tomatoes or pulse them in as well,  if you prefer.

Delish…..