I am ever increasingly amazed at how something that feels like you are the only one in it evolves as you concentrate on it. For instance, you know when you buy a new car and you think it is pretty unique, and then all of a sudden you see a dozen of the same car in the same day? Or your sitting around wishing for something to cross your path that you don't think is possible and boom it shows up at your door??

Some call that luck, or Karma. I don't believe in luck or coincidence. I do believe in Karma, but I have to think it is more than that. I think it is devine intervention. Let me explain...

Quite a few years ago I did a Sunday market in Portland Oregon under the Fremont bridge for a very short period of time in the summer. It did not go for long and we all parted ways no richer or poorer than when we started. While I was there however, I met some incredible people. One of whom was a woman named Stacie Cohen, she and her then partner were doing Raw cuisine and had some amazing dishes that really reflected the real thing. I was impress and intrigued, but never really acted on it. I was an avid juicer, but had not known much about raw foods. Stacie moved away and I more less forgot all about it. I have always been about whole Organic foods, but raw food was a mystery to me.

In 2007 after I had healed form breast cancer, I began looking at my diet and health differently but did not know how to take action. I sat and wished for an answer. I began studying (as I tend to do) raw foods, books, videos, and online. I started learning about our food supply, Monsanto and where our food really comes from. As this information showed up, I realized I was being led into this journey by a force much bigger than myself. I knew it was what I needed. I was motivated to change, to grow as much of my own food as possible and be responsible for what I was eating. In this process I came across several websites devoted to the raw food lifestyle and one in particular who presistantly wrote me notes and emails daily. I thought to myself, " Please stop sending me all this junk!, I bet if I wrote back there would be no response or I would get some canned response from a computer or something". I was so wrong! To my surprise the woman who owned the sight immediately responded as if she was sitting right there waiting for me to write. WOW! I began to pay attention to the emails and read what was being written. Learning and growing the whole time, getting closer to a raw diet and lifestyle.(Because it is,...A lifestyle you know, Not just a diet)It is a mental change you make, to be affective in your life, in your health. Taking charge of your food supply and your healing.

Then I got word of what they called a "RAW MOM Summit". It was an interesting concept. They had speakers on conference calls answering questions that applied to moms raising kids and trying to live raw. Wow! I thought! this is great!! Little did I know I would have an epiphany and it would change my whole life!! Now, I had a mission, a goal, and the support I needed. I found out that I was for the most part already about 80% raw in my diet already, and...it was okay to be wherever I was on my journey, right here right now.

So the message I want to share with you now is just that, do the best you can with what you have in this moment right now. Tomorrow, do one thing better. Don't think that making dietary changes has to be difficult or painful in order to acheive it. It is okay to take baby steps to get there. Each week change one thing, find a recipe that mimics your favorite dish and make that 3 times in a week. Slowly add a new recipe each week and try to change one habit. You will get there before you even know it. If you have to take suppliments to get your body in balance. As your body comes back into alignment and good health, you will lose your cravings for sugar and fat. The fodds that bind you will not be so difficult to give up. As you begin to feel better, you will be motivated to want to move your body and soon you will be on your way to a healthier, happier you!

Many blessings Friends!

Namaste'