Noticing The Writing In The Air

My right foot hurt a bit today.  It ached on the top of the foot where all the little bones criss cross and I felt it up into my ankle.  I was tired as well and I seemed to find myself walking slower and slower throughout the day until I found myself wondering if I would even make the block from the bus to home.  I stood at the crosswalk feeling quite sorry for myself and who do you suppose is on the other side of the street waiting to cross as well.  A young man in a wheelchair.  I immediately gave thanks that I could feel the discomfort in every step I was able to take. 

It was then that I began to notice the writing in the air.  The gentle loving reminders that the Universe places in front of each and every one of us as to the outcomes that we experience on a daily basis.  Outcomes that have sprung forth from each decision made.  A simple decision to eat a tuna salad on white bread can have uncomfortable physical consequences for me.  I find that amazing that something seemingly insignificant can have such significant consequences for me.

Here may be the place to say that I have been relatively pain free for a year since my doctor suggested I follow the Blood Type Diet, and I did, and I do...for the most part, however, I have taken in a little more wheat than I should over the past 6 weeks and I have neglected to take my suppliments over a longer period of time than that.  Ah, the Universal Law of Consequence in action!  I have determined that this very act of eating things on my "Avoid" list is undermining one of my important goals.  That goal is to practice extreme self care. 
Yesterday, I took the time to do a long overdue manicure and pedicure.  I felt quite self satisfied that I had taken care of myself.  This was a simple caring, unlike eating properly so that my body will support my spirit for years to come.  Taking the time to plan, prepare and celebrate a diet rich in the nutrients my body as an individual needs is extreme self care.  Painting my finger and toe nails is a simple act of love for myself that does not necessarily determine my ability to remain here to do the work I came here to do. 

However, the Universal Source does take the time to remind me to look at what I might take the time to consider as priorities in the most extraordinary of ways.  Again, balance-health and beauty?

A woman feeling sorry for herself because her foot hurts when she walks comes face to face with a young man in a wheelchair who feels no pain because he can not walk.

Now isn't this the stuff of a hundred forwarded emails?