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In Cuenca, Ecuador every day is an adventure, learning Spanish, new people to meet, discovering new places, streets, museums, and where to have lunch for $2.50 – always learning.
And every day I sit, relax, breathe easily, and sometimes deeply, and read beautiful words, such as these tweets which today are:

“Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.” ~ Anthony Robbins

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.” ~ Harvey Fierstein

Where thou art – that – is Home. Emily Dickinson ~ When you’re at home in your own skin, you can go anywhere and feel instantly at home.

“For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating. Our motto: “I’m okay, you’re okay—in small doses.” ~ Jonathan Rauch

Make an assumption, misunderstand, take it personally, and end up creating a whole big drama for nothing. #DonMiguelRuiz

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. ~Voltaire

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How do you want this day to be for you?

When we see words that are sincerely and lovingly written, having years of experience backing them up, they have to be shared.

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From –
Facebook
Louise L. Hay

Take time to ask and explore these simple questions:

What shall I now release from my life?

What or who no longer works for me?

What am I holding on to that holds me back?

What thoughts or beliefs belong to the old me?

How am I being unloving to myself?

Am I ready to let go?

What do I believe that really works for me?

What is going on in my life that is terrific and wonderful?

Where am I being very loving to myself?

Where am I most content?

Let me acknowledge myself for all the growth and change.

What do I want to bring to my life?

What do I want to create?

How do I want the next year to be?

Who do I want to bring into my world?

How do I want to look?

What image do I want to project?

How healthy do I want to be?

How prosperous do I want to feel?

How much love am I willing to experience?

What kind of world do I want to live in?

Where do I want my spirituality to go?

Affirm:

I know that where I am is the totality of possibilities . . . not just a few possibilities, but the totality of all creation.

I am not limited by statistics, medical opinions, time, or authorities.

I am one with the infinite wisdom and capabilities of the Universe itself.

All good is available to me, right here and right now.

All I have to do is to use the power of my thoughts to create that which I desire. I know that. Now let me live it!

Upstairs at the San Francisco Mercado in Cuenca in its own narrow, long aisle is a section of healing plants, and bottles whose contents look a bit mysterious – only because they’re unfamiliar. For someone who loves delving into alternative healing, it’s frustrating. Ahh, but I do know an aloe vera plant when I see one, and there it was, in abundance, in all its glory

I’ll find out what those mysterious looking bottles and healing plants are all about . . . there’s a website, an enormously helpful one, called www.gringotree.com and I saw that someone named Alex gave an Andean Medicinal Plant Workshop in ENGLISH. Next time, guess who’s going.

Today I bought three enormous bunches of different medicinal plants for $2.00, for an injured ankle, from someone sounding confident in her knowledge . . . if only I understood what she said.

I know they’re supposed to be boiled in water. The questions are for how long? And how much to take and how often? And what are the names of those three bunches of plants?

How I wish the tutor I emailed for Spanish lessons would respond. It’s been said life is laid-back here in Ecuador, and that foreigners have to learn patience. There’s no doubt that there are more than a few opportunities in the course of a day to learn. It’s all good.

Sweet dreams all you who are off to bed. Dream big dreams!

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“All the greatest beings who have ever strolled through the Earth’s gardens have been people of transcendent faith. Every one of them had a tranquil attitude and a calm belief in the helpful powers of invisible forces. These forces are always available to everyone.”
– from The Sunfood Diet Success System by David Wolfe

A few years ago I subscribed to a book written by Joan and Lydia Wilen called Bottom Line’s Secret Food Cures & Doctor-Approved Folk Remedies. All I can say about this book is that if you want to be entertained while trying to find relief via a natural cure for an ailment you or someone else has, you might want to consider getting the book. As you peruse it you’ll catch yourself smiling and saying “really?” every so often. The Wilen sisters are witty and have a treasure chest of information, plus, the calmness in the words they use make spending time looking for a cure absolutely delightful. It’s easy to get side-tracked when reading the book, and possible to forget the reason for reaching for it in the first place.

The natural cures are from different areas of the world, and the cures have passed the test of time, thereby making them worthy of consideration. As an example let’s find out what the Wilen sisters have to say about anxiety (which is the previous posting on this blog).

On page 175-178 under Tension and Anxiety are these: for sweaty palms, indigestion, stiff neck, hyperventilation, an ulcer, dry mouth, a tic, even a canker sore unwind with a relaxing hobby, e.g. sailing, gardening, etc. The natural remedies suggested are: take away caffeine from your life and also chocolate (I don’t want to hear that), don’t paint your kitchen yellow, use acupressure, take cayenne pepper, take a raw onion and make two poultices, a hop pillow for sleeping, a fish tank. and chia seed tea. In the back of the book are six pages of “Amazing, Super-Duper Facts and Advice,” four pages of “Sources,” a list of “Health Resources,” a “Recommended Reading List,” and a “Recipe Index.”

Now to find out why, where, and how, you’ll need the book ~ I really think you’ll like it.
www.bottomlinepublications.com and do a search for the Wilen sisters.

May you enjoy Secret Food Cures & Doctor-Approved Folk Remedies as much as I do.