{"id":874,"date":"2013-06-02T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=874"},"modified":"2013-06-02T08:38:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T12:38:46","slug":"transformation-is-messy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=874","title":{"rendered":"Transformation is Messy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In anything we commit to in life there is a point at which we look at what we are doing and ask ourselves why is this so hard?\u00a0 We wonder if we are doing it right, if we have made the right decisions to do it in the first place and whether our journey will continue to be filled with up and down hills.<\/p>\n

For some reason we tend to believe that a full reward\u00a0is achieved with a measure of consistent gentle ease.\u00a0 But nothing can be farther from the truth and this is entirely true when it comes to health.<\/p>\n

Focusing on our health and healing\u00a0requires us to commit to a series of exercises for our mind, body and spirit to achieve lasting results.\u00a0 In this process we unravel those habits\u00a0we have\u00a0formed.\u00a0 We look at the ways we have spelled out health for ourselves and ask\u00a0can we choose to find another way?\u00a0 In this we are committing to a lot of integrated work within\u00a0which can mean\u00a0a lot of\u00a0messiness.<\/p>\n

The messiness is hard work.\u00a0 For\u00a0health transformations\u00a0to become lasting it means following a journey of many twists and turns.\u00a0This can leave us feeling depleted in one minute and exhilarated the next. In\u00a0our remaining committed\u00a0to this uneven pathway we\u00a0accept that the road\u00a0will be filled\u00a0with messiness; points\u00a0along the way that anger and frustrate us and cause us to feel disheveled.<\/p>\n

This is\u00a0a part of the path toward lasting change.\u00a0 We must\u00a0open ourselves to it\u00a0and embrace anything that comes along with it.\u00a0\u00a0Taking this path will\u00a0ultimately lead to transformation.<\/p>\n

Resisting this part of the process can make the path to health and healing longer and more difficult.\u00a0 Unburden yourself to the need for control of how your transformation happens.\u00a0 Allow the messiness in and see it as an integral part of your growing process.\u00a0 It is only by doing so that one and truly find themselves staying on the path of health and healing.<\/p>\n

As long as you stay on the path, you can’t go wrong.<\/p>\n

In health,<\/p>\n

Safara<\/p>\n

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