May 18, 2014
I want to speak to the importance of rest, and how vital getting sufficient, adequate rest can be to the well being of the mind, body and spirit. It's 1:40 AM and only God knows how tired I am right now! I'm so tired that as I was hitting the keys to write how tired I am, my hand got stuck and held down the w, and even though I nodded, for some reason I can't sleep.
The human body needs a minimum of eight hours of sleep. When the body doesn't get the proper amount of rest, it may show in other areas of our lives and it will have a negative impact on our day and we wouldn't even know to attribute our lack of adequate hours of sleep to a short temper, not being able to do your best on a test, or even taking the time to work out or go for a walk because we didn't have adequate sleep.
Charles Czeisler, a sleep researcher at Harvard Medical School in Boston found that they have the "first direct experimental evidence at the molecular level" as to why we need sleep? "The study showed that the brain has different functional states when asleep and when awake." Our brains have two types of cells, the neurons that send signals to the brain and the glials that have cleaning channels around the neurons that keeps the cells healthy by washing away the toxic proteins and removing them from the brains circulatory system with a special, unique, clear fluid called cerebrospinal fluid that's transferred to the general circulatory system so that the liver can flush the toxins.
Not having sufficient sleep will open us up to major health problems, such as:
* Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Irregular Heartbeat
* Diabetes
* Stroke
* High Blood Pressure
When we have a lack of sleep we may subject ourselves to depression, accidents, low sex drive, irritability, forgetfulness, rapid aging skin, and weight gain.
As I'm going through radiation and chemotherapy, I've been asking myself the tough questions (Who?, What?, When?, Where? and Why?) in all areas of my health. I am opening myself up to explore every avenue that the Holy Spirit puts on my heart. I don't know that I would of ever put too much thought into my sleeplessness. I would of eventually have fallen asleep, only to wake up the same day a little later to my detriment of a day. By asking the tough questions, I've found that I needed to do some research and study the subject of sleep. (Who'd of Thunk, Smile!)
I see that I indeed my have a sleep disorder, I've learned that if you snore for long periods of time and in certain ways that indeed one may need to contact a sleep center and go get yourself checked out by a professional. Not having good sleep throughout the night can and does attribute to weight gain or loss. For someone like myself who's been battling my weight and health for years this kind of information has been most informative and clearly has been the prompting of the Holy Spirit that says in:
Proverbs 4:4-8 "Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding!"
I had a yard sale yesterday, as it's 4:29 AM and I'm not asleep yet from yesterday. While I'm looking into sleep, the pros and cons, I've discovered some natural solutions to getting a good night's sleep that may be helpful: (Always Consult Your Doctor Before Taking Any Remedy)
* Sleepytime Tea
* Organic Pure Concentrated Tart Cherry Juice
* Hot Bubble Bath w/Lavender Oil Drops
* L-Theanine
I had a beautiful day yesterday as far as me shifting my thoughts and aligning my actions to being healthy eating properly, as well as stretching and getting on my elliptical bike. I had put my stationary bike out for sale, and my elliptical, after I cleaned it up and of course I had to try it out, I again had to ask myself the tough question? Lolita, is there any dollar amount worth you selling a machine that's valued at $3500-$6500 brand new (the computer doesn't work)? Can you put a price on your health? I had to ask myself the same question when it came to me trying to put a price on my stationary bike.
The answer is NO!! My health is not for sale. The Blessed Days God has given me left on this earth are NOT FOR SALE!!.............The Power of Choice!!
I got on my bike and my elliptical and worked out my own salvation before the Lord!
"Loving You More Than Forever, Lolita
and Forever More, I'll always Love You!!"
~By Lolita to Lolita
"Some of us seem to accept the fatalist position, the fatalist
attitude, that the Creator accorded to us a certain position and
condition, and therefore there is no need trying to be otherwise."
~Marcus Garvey
"No one need fear death. We need fear only that we
may die without having known our greatest power."
~Norman Cousins
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Friday, May 16, 2014
"Radiation"
May 15, 2014
Radiation, n. 1. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body. 2. the act or process of radiating. 3. something that is radiated.
Radiate, v. 1. to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center. 2. to emit rays, as of light or heat; irradiate. 6. (of persons) to project (joy, goodwill, etc.)
Today was day three of my receiving treatment for my third battle with breast cancer. I started my radiation treatments on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. When I was diagnosed with cancer for the third time I seriously thought that my heart was going to stop beating. I was numb and in a state of shock for at least a week or two, but for some reason, deep down inside the core of my soul, I remember thinking that I wasn't surprised. I remember thinking that I had disappointed myself and those that loved me and supported me the last couple of times that I went through cancer. I thought about the pill that my oncologist wanted me to take once a day for the next five years and how I didn't take the pill because I was afraid of the side effects, the joint pain and misery that I was afraid of experiencing on a daily basis for FIVE whole years. I didn't want to have to live another day in pain.
My thought was I wanted to live the best life I could with the time I had left, pain free and to the fullest. Yet somehow, two years had passed and now, October of 2013, I was being diagnosed with cancer again and I had nothing to show for my not taking the pill. I wasn't living this beautiful, fantastic life. I wasn't making my list and checking it twice, in fact, I didn't even have a bucket list. I can't even say that in the last two years that I've gotten into my car and have taken a drive to the Washington or Oregon Coast, places that I love the most, places that make me feel alive, beautiful and delicious!
I hadn't lost one pound, I have even gained more weight in the last couple of years than I ever have in life. My nutrition, (well, what nutrition?) I didn't write the book I said I wanted to write, I didn't sing the song I wanted to sing. I don't have the business that I wanted to have. I felt horrible. I had to hear that I had cancer again for the third time, and as miserable as that may have felt and truly is, I now have to make the decision as to what am I going to do about it?
If I lost the battle the last couple of times, what in the world was I going to do now? How am I going to do it? Damn It!!
HOW CAN I BE A WALKING WOMAN THAT WINS? I know, I'll bury myself with busyness. I'll run in the name of projects. I'll give them cute fancy titles, invite the community and have a gala! I'll mask the pain of my heart under my pseudo name: "Martha!"
Jesus said in Luke 10:41, "Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be take away from her."
You see, Mary, Martha's sister chose to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to his word. Mary sat to receive wisdom and in all her getting, she got understanding. While, on the other hand Martha was so busy scurrying around that she was missing her blessing. Martha had the living word in the flesh right before her and yet she didn't recognize that the word had become flesh!
I believe that my diagnosis was Jesus saying to me: "Lolita, Lolita, you are careful and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful, Wisdom, and in all your getting, get understanding."
I am so Blessed to have been given a third chance to sit at the feet of Jesus to HEAR his word and let his word become flesh in my spirit and soul. I know that the wisdom of God would have me take hold of my temple, my body and have it be the best representation of what God created it to be both inside and out!
Yes, I started radiation to eradicate the cancer that was in my body for the third time and I'm slowly but surely taking the steps necessary to have my life and temple be a reflection of radiant health and wellness!
Am I tired? You bet, yet I stretched yesterday and did a few simple exercises to help prepare my body for what was coming the following day, which was today. After I came home from radiation treatment, I put my aloe vera gel on the area of my skin that received treatment and took a nap. Afterwards, I stretched a little and then I went for a walk down my favorite hill that has a view that is breathtaking! I must admit that it felt soooo good and delicious to feel my body move, even though the steps I was taking were very small, methodical steps. My knees wanted to know what in the heck was I doing? I had to tell them, "knees:"
"I AM A WALKING WOMAN THAT WINS!!"
I may be having radiation treatment to eradicate cancer from my body, and at the same time I am taking my pill daily and I radiate with the joy of the Lord as my strength from the inside out!
Today, I did Lolita......
"That which you feel yourself to be you are, and you are given that which you are. So assume the feeling that would be yours were you already in possession of your wish, and your wish must be realized.....So live in the feeling of being the one you want to be and that you shall be."
~Neville
Radiation, n. 1. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and absorbed by another body. 2. the act or process of radiating. 3. something that is radiated.
Radiate, v. 1. to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center. 2. to emit rays, as of light or heat; irradiate. 6. (of persons) to project (joy, goodwill, etc.)
Today was day three of my receiving treatment for my third battle with breast cancer. I started my radiation treatments on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. When I was diagnosed with cancer for the third time I seriously thought that my heart was going to stop beating. I was numb and in a state of shock for at least a week or two, but for some reason, deep down inside the core of my soul, I remember thinking that I wasn't surprised. I remember thinking that I had disappointed myself and those that loved me and supported me the last couple of times that I went through cancer. I thought about the pill that my oncologist wanted me to take once a day for the next five years and how I didn't take the pill because I was afraid of the side effects, the joint pain and misery that I was afraid of experiencing on a daily basis for FIVE whole years. I didn't want to have to live another day in pain.
My thought was I wanted to live the best life I could with the time I had left, pain free and to the fullest. Yet somehow, two years had passed and now, October of 2013, I was being diagnosed with cancer again and I had nothing to show for my not taking the pill. I wasn't living this beautiful, fantastic life. I wasn't making my list and checking it twice, in fact, I didn't even have a bucket list. I can't even say that in the last two years that I've gotten into my car and have taken a drive to the Washington or Oregon Coast, places that I love the most, places that make me feel alive, beautiful and delicious!
I hadn't lost one pound, I have even gained more weight in the last couple of years than I ever have in life. My nutrition, (well, what nutrition?) I didn't write the book I said I wanted to write, I didn't sing the song I wanted to sing. I don't have the business that I wanted to have. I felt horrible. I had to hear that I had cancer again for the third time, and as miserable as that may have felt and truly is, I now have to make the decision as to what am I going to do about it?
If I lost the battle the last couple of times, what in the world was I going to do now? How am I going to do it? Damn It!!
HOW CAN I BE A WALKING WOMAN THAT WINS? I know, I'll bury myself with busyness. I'll run in the name of projects. I'll give them cute fancy titles, invite the community and have a gala! I'll mask the pain of my heart under my pseudo name: "Martha!"
Jesus said in Luke 10:41, "Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be take away from her."
You see, Mary, Martha's sister chose to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen to his word. Mary sat to receive wisdom and in all her getting, she got understanding. While, on the other hand Martha was so busy scurrying around that she was missing her blessing. Martha had the living word in the flesh right before her and yet she didn't recognize that the word had become flesh!
I believe that my diagnosis was Jesus saying to me: "Lolita, Lolita, you are careful and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful, Wisdom, and in all your getting, get understanding."
I am so Blessed to have been given a third chance to sit at the feet of Jesus to HEAR his word and let his word become flesh in my spirit and soul. I know that the wisdom of God would have me take hold of my temple, my body and have it be the best representation of what God created it to be both inside and out!
Yes, I started radiation to eradicate the cancer that was in my body for the third time and I'm slowly but surely taking the steps necessary to have my life and temple be a reflection of radiant health and wellness!
Am I tired? You bet, yet I stretched yesterday and did a few simple exercises to help prepare my body for what was coming the following day, which was today. After I came home from radiation treatment, I put my aloe vera gel on the area of my skin that received treatment and took a nap. Afterwards, I stretched a little and then I went for a walk down my favorite hill that has a view that is breathtaking! I must admit that it felt soooo good and delicious to feel my body move, even though the steps I was taking were very small, methodical steps. My knees wanted to know what in the heck was I doing? I had to tell them, "knees:"
"I AM A WALKING WOMAN THAT WINS!!"
I may be having radiation treatment to eradicate cancer from my body, and at the same time I am taking my pill daily and I radiate with the joy of the Lord as my strength from the inside out!
Today, I did Lolita......
"That which you feel yourself to be you are, and you are given that which you are. So assume the feeling that would be yours were you already in possession of your wish, and your wish must be realized.....So live in the feeling of being the one you want to be and that you shall be."
~Neville
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
"Unlock Tomorrow, Today!"
May 13, 2014
Today was a tough day! I did a couple of things today that didn't come easy, however; I had to do that which was very difficult for me today. In doing so, it allowed me to come from a place of No and step therefore into my Yes!
I started radiation therapy today, I've been putting off my therapy since I was diagnosed with cancer for the third time back in October of 2013. I know that in order for me to be a Walking Woman that Wins, I must start with my core. I must start from the inside, and work my way out. I could no longer stay true to myself and keep putting my health on hold, on the back burner, continuing day after day as if my life, my very existence wasn't at stake. I could give you a thousand reasons as to why it was sooo important for me to be every where, doing everything but working on my treatments. I could tell you about this project and that project, I could talk about this committee and that committee, but the truth is, it doesn't matter. My truth knows that the busier I am, the more things I put on my plate, the longer it takes for the treatments, I wouldn't have to face the part of why I may be in this predicament in the first place. Why am I over weight by 100 pounds? Why don't I work out? Why? Why? Why?
Yep, here I am again, looking at myself in the mirror and making the choice to choose my life today. I'm tired of running away from myself, not doing the hard work, not working on what's really going on with Lolita. By saying yes to Lolita, I had to say No to some other areas in my life that kept me busy and focused on everything and everybody but myself and my health. It's tough for me to work a selfish program. It's tough for me to do me without really thinking that I'm being selfish and self centered, but the truth is if I don't do that for once in my life, I may not be here at all. I HAVE To Say Yes To The Best, Lolita!
God put before us life and death, I have decided that I am going to choose life!
"I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live."
~Deuteronomy 30:19
"Don't follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Loving You More Than Forever,
and Forever More I'll Always Love You!"
~Lolita Jackson
Today was a tough day! I did a couple of things today that didn't come easy, however; I had to do that which was very difficult for me today. In doing so, it allowed me to come from a place of No and step therefore into my Yes!
I started radiation therapy today, I've been putting off my therapy since I was diagnosed with cancer for the third time back in October of 2013. I know that in order for me to be a Walking Woman that Wins, I must start with my core. I must start from the inside, and work my way out. I could no longer stay true to myself and keep putting my health on hold, on the back burner, continuing day after day as if my life, my very existence wasn't at stake. I could give you a thousand reasons as to why it was sooo important for me to be every where, doing everything but working on my treatments. I could tell you about this project and that project, I could talk about this committee and that committee, but the truth is, it doesn't matter. My truth knows that the busier I am, the more things I put on my plate, the longer it takes for the treatments, I wouldn't have to face the part of why I may be in this predicament in the first place. Why am I over weight by 100 pounds? Why don't I work out? Why? Why? Why?
Yep, here I am again, looking at myself in the mirror and making the choice to choose my life today. I'm tired of running away from myself, not doing the hard work, not working on what's really going on with Lolita. By saying yes to Lolita, I had to say No to some other areas in my life that kept me busy and focused on everything and everybody but myself and my health. It's tough for me to work a selfish program. It's tough for me to do me without really thinking that I'm being selfish and self centered, but the truth is if I don't do that for once in my life, I may not be here at all. I HAVE To Say Yes To The Best, Lolita!
God put before us life and death, I have decided that I am going to choose life!
"I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live."
~Deuteronomy 30:19
"Don't follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Loving You More Than Forever,
and Forever More I'll Always Love You!"
~Lolita Jackson
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