tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13270603.post115388201823149215..comments2023-05-08T07:16:08.102-07:00Comments on Fat and then: not again, not again, not again.Karmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09480032740041932554noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13270603.post-1153930380636112062006-07-26T09:13:00.000-07:002006-07-26T09:13:00.000-07:00No. Medication is NOT a copout. Often, it will sti...No. Medication is NOT a copout. Often, it will still the whirlwind long enough for your to get to the source of the problem. It's not a solution in and of itself, but it can help you find enough clarity to begin healing.<BR/><BR/>Go see Julie the acupuncturist. It sounds like everything in your life is out of balance and you need some help with that. (Ask her about the valium point.) If I were there, I would give you a treatment or six.<BR/><BR/>And take a little time every day to just enjoy being in your skin. Not to address everyone else's needs, but to just exist and to enjoy that. If it means taking a walk, take a walk. If it means feeding your chickens, feed your chickens. If it means writing or weeding, or reading or just lying in the sun, take that time. <BR/><BR/>If I had to guess, you are giving, giving, giving to everyone else, and not getting anything back, in part because you won't accept it. So you eat because that's a form of nurturing and it's the only kind you're getting. <BR/><BR/>You're a great and loving person, Karm, but you're not this overflowing, unending horn of plenty. You <I>must</I> take care of you or you won't be able to take care of anybody. <BR/><BR/>The most important thing in a garden is healthy soil, right? If you keep planting and harvesting without putting anything back into the soil, eventually nothing will grow. The same is true for a soul. <BR/><BR/>So. Set aside some time each day just to be with Karma. Not with anybody else. I'm not saying do this for hours a day, carve out 15 minutes for yourself. 15 minutes a day that is yours alone. <BR/><BR/>Your children will not die, your house will not fall apart. You will not be a bad mother or human being. It will annoy everybody at first, and they will try all sorts of ways around it, but stand firm. <I>Do not give in on this.</I> <BR/><BR/>You're in danger of giving yourself entirely away, but once you do that, there's nothing more to give.<BR/><BR/>Okay. I'm done with being bossy for the day. (I think.) I love you, Karma, lots of people love you. You don't have to prove your worth to anyone but yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com