Rainy Day Thoughts
As I write, it is a rainy Thursday…just a day after a beautiful summer-like Spring day. It's depressing for me, and I am not one who is easily depressed.
This week the emotions are so mixed, so up and down. There are times I want to pull up the covers and sleep, and yet even sleep is disrupted with thoughts that tear at my heart concerning family and houseless friends. Friends and family are hurting and sad. I feel on edge as well, definitely not myself.
My family has been plagued with addiction. I am plagued with addiction, and that is the source of my dull spirit this week. I am on day 26 of a 40 day sugar fast, and day 6 of adding carbs to the fast.
To some this may seem lame. The challenge? Try it.
A great resource I am using is The 40 Day Sugar Fast by Wendy Speake. Addiction takes on so many monstrous forms, and at the end of the day we all depend on something or someone to get us through the day. This fact is helping me to depend on my higher power, Jesus Christ. I go to Him with the cravings, and all that I am dragging along in this life.
I observe full blown heroin, meth, suboxone, and alcohol addiction in real time daily! My addiction is not as life threatening, yet inflammation is caused by sugar and processed food. Inflammation is the cause of many serious health issues some of which I experience daily also. I want to be a healthy, old person, not a sick one dependent on drugs, people or institutions to take care of me. The journey to health and wellness requires great effort and hard work.
Hopefully there will be a time in the future of Hope Farm, Inc. when these principles can be used to help our houseless friends achieve a better life too. Until then we provide food they like. Coffee mixed with hot chocolate along with the never ending supply of candy and lunches with sandwiches, fruit, and snacks.
I love the friends so much, and providing the comfort foods and snacks may seem counter to my life choices, but they are happy on Monday's and Wednesdays and we are happy to provide.
Have a blessed day!
Georgann Mirgliotta
Hope Farm Inc., Director
