Hi. Ciao. Hej. Welcome.
What exactly is the appropriate greeting to someone you are talking to, but not really. Regardless, this is my way of talking more than I already do, but giving you the opportunity to leave mid-conversation. I think that sounds like a pretty great deal!
So for me, this blog is about sharing my life with you, but also reaffirming what I believe and what I want to achieve. I will type down my dreams (well, not dreams, because they are going to come true.... my...... future achievements and accomplishments) with the hope that I remind myself about what it is that I want, and also so everyone else can remind me when I forget! I can just see myself years from now walking a pomeranian (yes, I had to google that!) and someone coming up and saying 'didn't you always want a Pug?"... Or maybe I am completely overestimating how much people actually care about my random doings. Except for you, of course - otherwise you wouldn't be here. Wait.... you are going already?
But back to my point (well, I didn't really get to it, to begin with.... so..... TO MY POINT!).
Lemonade.
You might be thinking "Renee - aren't you a Dietitian who swore off sugary carbonated beverages when you had braces for 4 years?" (yes.... almost my entire high school life). Well you are right. I very much dislike the actual drink, but today when I was talking to my lemon tree (hmmm... that sounds crazier than I thought. I will explain later) I had one of those "aha" moments.
See, my legendary chiropractor is, well, a legend. And always knows what to say/do when I am there to get me aligned (get it, chiropractor joke!). The last time I was there, he gave me a book about getting what you want, and the mindset needed to achieve these things. You might roll your eyes and think "geez, another one!" but this one is different (well, the same, but different)..... it was written in 1910. WAY back before there was all this "new age" stuff about Focus. Believe. Achieve (my goodness, that team on the Amazing Race annoyed me). But despite 'knowing' that this stuff all works, everytime I said what it was that I wanted to be/have, I could hear a bit of doubt. So after finishing another chapter while sitting outside, I decided to give my mind a break, and just chill.
So I started talking to my lemon tree.
This lemon tree is awesome I might add. It is a little potted variety, which last season provided me with about 14 succulently juicy lemons. They were amazing. But the poor tree has been a little neglected recently, and I missed my opportunity to trim it over winter (new buds are opening already!) so I thought, no worries, I will just sit her and talk to it (I know, I know, how random, how.....me!).
The first thing I said (apart from, gee there is a lot of scale on this!) was "I am so grateful for all the lemons you gave me last season, and I cannot wait until the next batch of deliciously juicy lemons comes through". And then I thought, "hang on".
How was it so incredibly easy for me to trust, know and accept that a beautiful crop of lemons were going to come my way, but then with the other, perhaps, slightly more important things like work and cars etc, I struggled to maintain that constant acceptance that good things are coming to me.
....... Yes, I get very philosophical when I am outside for too long.
And then I remembered why. Because once I make a decision, being a fantastic Libra, I change my mind.
"I want to work at the Princess Alexandra Hospital". (Actually, ha, I kind of already am!)
"No..... I want to travel around Australia giving presentations".
"Mmmm.... no, I really should do my PhD so that I can achieve more further down the line".
"Seriously Renee, you can do your PhD later if it is REALLY what you want to do".
"But wouldn't it be better if I just started work at the Hospital, and then, after I start getting paid, decide what to do from there?".
Genius.
So that is how my mind works, and I can absolutely sympathise with all of you who overanalyse and overthink every single detail. And, probably, people with multiple personalities.
If you have any insight into what I should do, then I would appreciate it. Mind you,with all the advice I give myself from thousands of different perspectives, I might be all right.
So the title! WELL - I realise that I need to stay on top of all of my thoughts, because I realise, that despite being the most ridiculously over the top positive person, I want to rid myself of all negative thoughts and beliefs. I want to make lemonade from lemons. Except without the sugar content (I am, first and foremost, a nutrition fanatic after all). So the title serves to remind me, and hopefully yourself, that when you are provided with lemons (be they literal or figurative), use them in a way which provides the most positive outcome. Who knows, someone might even want to buy the lemonade you make from your lemons!!
Love, light and lemons
