[freebird]

Hey everybody i finally managed to watch the full surgery web cast and all i can say is WOW! it got me thinking about how awesome our creator is. Our bodies are so complicated and do so many things for us automatically without us having to think about it, breathing, blood flowing through viens, it's just so mindblowing to think that God created such complicated but beautiful vessels for us. Make me want to take a moment to contemplate about Him and His creations.

i look outside and it's grey and rainy, most people say this is not good weather. but i bet they never asked the grass and food that they grow if this is good weather or not. i see birds eating the grass seed we just put down the other day but instead of being angry at them i think it's so cool to watch them. they live from day to day trusting that god will show them where to find their nuroushment, we tend to panic if we are short on money and groceries. we need to learn to put our worries into God's hands in faith that he will help us overcome.......

many of you know that i have been stressing about the surgery date, and i realize, and yes you've all said it. i even said it but it still bothered me, leave it in God's hands. Today i think is the first day that i have been able to do this, and i gotta tell you all, i felt the stress whoosh out of me the way some of you say your scales go..
thanks for taking a moment to ponder God with me.

[DocSanae]

Yes, isn't the human body beautiful, and a great miracle?
You know, it takes a lot of will power and discipline to do right by this miracle, and I am always praying that the second miracle you are about to receive, or for those who have already had the surgery, received, will show you the way to your own peace and serenity.
((((((HGUS))))))

[freebird]

it's funny but lately i've been noticing small little things lately that i've always taken for granted. my body is a biggie, but the sun coming up every morning, how the rain helps us with growing food, the stars in the sky, ect. it's just so flabbergasting when you think of all of the little details that our creator has thought of for us. making my body healthy and fully functional again is going to be such a blessing, i will not let my body be neglected or treated to the point of where i am now. i'm sure there will be days that are hard after the surgery, but i think now, (probably not when it's happening but then again after) even those tough spots deserve to be appreciated in part of the miracle of our bodies and the recovery that we need to go through. now this may sound strange but as much as i hate where i am now with my body, i can't help but be grateful for the lessons i have learned from this part of my life. i would not be who i am today and who i hope to become in the future if i had not gotten to this stage in my life. now that the lessons are learned i feel that God has put this surgery in my future to help me become the person that i am supposed to be, before i got fat i was very shallow and focused on the outer things of people, i have learned that it's the inside, the heart and mindset, personality and the soul that make the person, not necessarily what they look like on the outside. this is a lesson that i hope never to lose sight of as i work my way to a healthier me. ok i'm still a little vain and want to look good, but not looking good for other people, looking good to myself, being able to buy normal sized clothes, ect..i will never become one of those people who looks down on others because of their body, in fact i have noticed that fat people are alot easier to get along with than the skinny people who have never been there.
ok sorry for rambling, just get me going and i'll write forever. hehe

[DocSanae]

Your train of thoughts brings to my mind a few things I tell those who are close to me, albeit younger than me, when they seem to hit walls and are frustrated.

First, that we would never be where we are, never be who we are, if just one itty bitty thing had been different in our lives. Whatever happened to us in the past, whatever is happening now, it is what brought us here, and the choices we make now are what will take us to a better future.

Second, that in every bad, there is a seed of good, as in every good there is a seed of bad. Even if things seem very bad, if we can find that seed of good and nuture it, then eventually, that bad experience will turn into something useful and meaning-ful for you. If you don't watch out for that bad seed in the good, then eventually, that bad is going grow and ruin the good that you had. So, you have to be watchful and mindful of what you have, and nuture the good, weed out the bad. (Meaning, don't take everything and anything for granted, you have to work hard for whatever, and be grateful of what you have and are given.)

Third, the road to Heaven is rough and winding. The sweet and easy road leads straight to Hell. So, no matter how hard something seems to be, work on it, and it will eventually be yours.

Fourth, if there is something you want and seems right for you, and even if you are working hard on it but it doesn't seem to come around quickly, it may just be that it is not the time meant for you. If it is meant for you, then, so long as you keep working on it diligently, it will eventually come around in its own time, and will be yours. (In other words, it pays to be patient and tenacious.)

Fifth, things have a strange way of coming around, and when you wish for something, you may find it will come true, but in the strangest of ways, in the strangest of situations and in the least expected timing. (Be always prepared to accept whatever, whenever, if it's something you wanted. You can't always set the terms, quite often, it's up to the Big Guy up above, but at the same time, it won't be yours unless you sincerely work for it.)

Last but not least, this was the motto of the all girls school I graduated from here, after coming back from the US.
"A healthy mind in a healthy body."
Your physical health nutures your mental and spiritual health, and vice versa. So, by taking care of your true physical needs, you will be taking care of your mental and spiritual needs, and taking care of your true mental and spiritual needs will lead you to take care of your body as well.

It is all about the choices we make in life, whether we try to, whether we are equipped well to make them, and if we don't have the tools, work to aquire them.

Naturally, these are my philosophy on life, and I do my best to abide by them. Needless to say, I go by these things myself, and have found that they work very well for me, else I wouldn't even think of imparting them to someone else.

[FemmeMode]

Birdie....
I love reading your insights....and love to hear how our Creator is moving in our live to help you be conscious of the little minut details. Everything is amazing...I'm amazed at the biology of the human body to the biology of a thread of grass. When my hubby was studying all of his pre-med stuff...he'd tell me things, or I'd quiz him on things that were soooo facinating. All I could attribute that to.. was God. I sit in amazement of the creations that surround me....and the Creator Himself.

And these are just the things I see and know....imagine the infinite things we "don't know, that we don't know....." WOW!

Doc....
Thanks for sharing all that you did....I was touched, moved, and inspired!! Wow...you are an amazing woman...incredibly wise...and I am so glad that I met you. You are a deep thinker...fun....funny....wise. I'm sure your girls are sooo thankful for a Mother like you.

Thanks to you both for touching my life thru these posts this morning.

I love the vs. from the Bible- Romans 8:28....it's come alive in soooo many ways thru-out my life...I know that everything - good and bad - has made me and brought me to this very moment in my life...and am sooo present to the responsibility of my humanity and existance.

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God...."

[Becca]

All i can say is WOW!
And yes he is great.

All i know is my dad and mom, are watching over me.
And they wont anything happen to me.

[Kat]

What a cool thread. It really made me feel good to read this.
We are all in God's Hands.
Kat

[shelbi714]

Doc, Thanks for that post.... if you ONLY knew how much I needed someone to knock me over the head with that exaxt message right now!!! Thank you!

[Pillows]

Wow Doc, you are forever a fountain of wisdom and experience to draw from. We are lucky to have such a sage advisor on this board with us. Thank you.
Janae

[Blessed]

Loved this deep message string. Freebird I just wanted to say that like all major decisions I too prayed to Jesus about having the surgery. When I got down to it my response was I am with you either way.
Food for thought....
Blessed