Post title
My first thought was to call this post, "Mid-Life Rewakening" but I would hardly call 40s mid-life anymore. Besides, when I posed the question Doreen Virtue suggested I ask of the angels, "How long will I live?" I learned that I could live as long as 256 years and could ask for it to be longer. Hey, who’s to say what the powers of this raw food diet are (once I’m 100% raw).

What’s going on
Recently I’ve started observing my life and realized that I’ve allowed myself to become devitalized. I’ve been slouching, walking mechanically, and thinking and acting like I’m older than I am. It’s not that I’m out of shape. I work out at least five times a week. There just wasn’t a lot of energy behind what I was doing.

I realized what I was doing
This morning I considered that this might be what people call a Mid-life Crisis. The realization that I have been sinking into complacency and not having fun much anymore was some what shocking. I thought about ways I could have more fun and realized this is why some people buy fun cars in their 40s and 50s.

What I’m doing about it
In my desire to have more energy and enthusiasm for life, the Universe has guided me (read that as "I asked and it was given") to see where I’ve allowed myself to be less energetic in my thinking and actions and what to do about it. I have a Zen page-a-day calendar and one day it mentioned struggling with nature to allow yourself to truly live. That day I went for a walk and asked for wind so I could walk against it. It was revitalizing to add the resistance of the wind to the workout of the walk. Since then I’ve welcomed giving my body something more to challenge it and I’m waking up. This morning I took a shower and rubbed cold water all over. It was revitalizing. I also took the Heaven on Earth Class with Amanda Miller and I’m doing the homework every day, I’m reading A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle, I’m on Level one of Holosync® with the affirmations and doing the exercises and meditations from the Living from the Heart paper with my study group in addition to drinking green smoothies and working out almost everyday. And this is all easy. My body wants to do these things and I’m loving it and the renewed sense of living that I’m getting from it.
 
I’m actively putting more energy into everything I do and  I’m going to find ways to have fun, enjoy my life and truly live. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi, I’m going to “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

What I’ve noticed
Now that I’ve been doing this for a few days there’s a spring in my step, love in my heart, I’m breathing more deeply, playing with my daughter, running up the stairs, having more patience, loving myself and staying happy more often. I’m generous in my love and considerate of all living things and desirous of continuing to grow and evolve.

Remember
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw

Have a great life!

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