Pushing 60: Life Lessons

Feb 7
3 min read

Hello From My Heart ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

I can't believe I'm turning 60 this year!

I'm looking back at my life and feeling very grateful and amazed that I have made it to the

"Big 6-0".

Having beat end stage uterine cancer back in 2010 and some very bad breaks this past year with my home being flooded 3 1/2 feet and 6 months later, my father passing away with ensuing legalities aside, life has had it's many ups and downs for yours truly.

In this past year, I've had to deal with the betrayal of some people closest to me, too.

That's ok.

You learn who has "your back"

and who does not.

Forgive them anyway.

I have learned forgiveness is for you to move on, not the person(s) who hurt you.

Forgive, don't forget but most importantly move on...

I even wrote, produced and sung my song about this, lol!

Using Creative Responsibility, the art of channeling my angst into music:

"Gotta Keep Moving":

https://share.google/0BaGdjrNrXWsgyngg

What always got me through was faith in God, as I believe God always has better plans and that these trials and tribulations were ultimately leading me to something much better.

It's all part of the journey, this thing called life.

For me life is:

Learning

Important

Fundamental

Experiences

We all go through these experiences of illness, relationship heartbreak and loss.

We just have to keep on moving in both the good and bad times.

I did this by using Creative Responsibility.

Creative Responsibility is channeling all of your angst into art, movement and anything else to direct your mindset from negative to positive.

When things went wrong I wrote poetry, songs, painted canvasses and learned how to

do graphic art.

I also went on "Gratitude Walks" and did

Tai Chi.

I have always known that there was a

"mind-body-spirit" connection with the multiple illnesses I had experienced.

Once I learned about this connection and recognized some unhealthy patterns, a lot of the illnesses I was experiencing went away.

...True story!

I'm still a work in progress, 30 years in the making. I have been on a quest to heal myself mind, body and spirit and share what I've learned with you all in the hope that this helps in some way.

I still have Systolic Heart Failure and Type 2 Diabetes to deal with but I plan on conquering these, too.

...and you know what?

I will.

When I recognized the old behavioral patterns and healed them, my health and relationships got better and life has seemed to put itself back together.

Things may not be perfect, but still...

Life is a work in progress.

I'm grateful to be my age and still be able to experience and learn new things.

Life is a journey to be mastered by a healthy and honest self-love as well as our willingness to learn, grow and keep on moving.

Below are some books about the

mind-body-spirit connection

that have helped me:

This book taught me not to get

"stuck in my story"

This book taught me about how our issues can get buried in our body's tissues:

This book below by Louise L. Hay is an easier read and basically says the same thing about issues in our body's tissues. It also taught me that emotionally and energetically anger causes cancer and it's placement in the body is where your emotional issues lie deep within.

In my case I was angry at the sexual abuse I endured in a previous relationship, resulting in the uterine cancer I had experienced.

The Author herself had previously experienced sexual abuse as well.