Busy Bee

One thing that I seem to always get myself into is that I end up putting an enormous amount of things on my plate. What I mean is that I keep myself busy, but sometimes I am too busy that I get overwhelmed and stressed. I know for me to continue to move forward to a healthy and non-stressful life is to be able to say no and to just do what is needed.

I went to a nurse's conference a couple of years ago and one of the speaker said "Nurses seem to not know how to say "No". We work our 12 hour shift and if someone needs coverage we end up taking there shift even when we do not want to." She also stated that this is why nurses get burnt out very quickly. In her speech, she made all of us promise that if we did not want to do something, we should express it and say "No, thank you".

I have always been someone who wants to please everybody. Many times I have grind my teeth and went along with something I either did not want to do or did not feel like doing it. I feel a pressure to please people. I am learning everyday that this is NOT healthy. We need to realize that we should spend our time and energy on something that we WANT to do and enjoy doing it. If we continue to put our lives in other peoples decision we end up losing control, feeling resentful and angry. Like I have stated in previous post, emotions have such an influence on our health. You can eat healthy and exercise but if you are always angry, resentful, depressed and so on...You will not recover from your illness.

I am a busy bee, and it is not a bad thing. I just have to make sure what I do is something I am doing for "my sake". I know for myself, I am trying to learn how to be honest to people. It is so hard for me to be honest and to not hurt someone but in the end if I don't do this then I am only hurting myself.

So the point of this post is that we need to enjoy the things we do and to not let people override us. In the midst of our hectic schedules, we need to stop, breathe and appreciate our lives. I believe if we don't do this, then our lives will past us by so fast that we will forget to appreciate the little things in life. I think it is important to help people and take care of people but if I am not healthy then I can not be able to help others. So we need help ourselves before we can help others.

So today I am going to try to the best of my abilities to do what I want and enjoy it. I will not feel pressured by anyone and I will think only positive thoughts. I also start my liver and gallbladder cleanse for this month. It is pretty incredible how I am feeling these days. I barely have pain and when I do I know that I need to rest, take MSM and reevaluate my emotions.

Step by step I believe I will be cured from Lupus. I go see the Rheumatologists this month and I will ask her to test my ANA levels. I will let you all know how it goes. We can get rid of this disease and I know each one of you have that capabilities. God Bless You and have a wonderful week!