Why do we wait?

I have this exact magnet quote on my fridge:

Even though I look at it EVERYDAY, I am still waiting.

Why do we wait for a crisis to make a change?
Why do we wait to pursue our dreams when the "perfect" moment may never come?
Why are we so afraid of failure, of taking a risk, of actually LIVING?

Only when we hear about a diagnosis, have one of our own, or lose someone, do we seem to reflect on our own mortality.

What have you been waiting to start? To finish? To say?
Who have you been waiting to hug? To see? To call?

I'm thinking about this because I have some dreams. I hope that we all are still dreaming! But life and money are getting in my way, and my conundrum is, when will that NEVER be the case? Will I just never pursue my dreams because of these things? There may never be the perfect moment.

I think that these things are part of leading a healthy and happy life! Fulfilling our dreams. No one ever regretted going after a dream! Even if we fail, we learn. And we get right back up again.

"What's your dream?" - do you remember that line from the movie Pretty Woman?

I encourage you to answer that for yourself. What is your dream? If at the end of the next 12 months you had the perfect year, what would that mean? What would the "perfect year" look like for you? Write it down. Post it on your mirror. Read it everyday. Make it happen! Stop waiting. And I will too.


Live a happy, healthy, life right now. What are you waiting for?

Be well,
Mandy

Breast Cancer Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Why isn't it Breast Cancer PREVENTION month?

Exposed

Jennifer Lunden on the Business of Breast Cancer

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/7693

I posted this article to my facebook page, but thought it was worth reposting here for all to read. It is a very worth-your-time article to read. Even though it is a bit long, it is worth reading ALL THE WAY THROUGH!

It discusses many things: corporate greed (shocking, right?), Pinkwashing of America, government regulation of toxins (or lack thereof), and our responsibility to ourselves as consumers.

Breast cancer has shown up too many times in my short life. I've become someone skeptical of anything I put in my mouth and on my body. I've sought out companies that do the right thing, that create products with ingredients I can read and understand, whether it be food or personal products. I read, I research, I try to share. It is overwhelming. It is a constant battle. And I fall back into old habits many times (here come the habits again!). But in the end, I want to know that I did what I could. That I stuck with what I believe. That I didn't just do things because "everyone else is doing it" or that "it's just too hard!". Those are not good reasons in my mind.

So here are a couple of  sites that I'd like to share to help you research the products you use, and an alternative company if you are looking for non-toxic products. To the right are a few other resources that I will be adding to as I go. After you read this article, use these sites as resources. Read more. Share more. Be educated. Be well.

http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/  -- a place to research the products you use. See how toxic they are and find alternatives.

www.avaandersonnontoxic.com -- This is a wonderful company. I know everything I buy from them is NON-TOXIC. Started by a teenager who couldn't find any products that were non-toxic after learning about the dangers of the ingredients in the products we use.


Be well,
Mandy