Be U: Turtle

Coming for the Real You.

I'm hoping to share thoughts, fun and insightful information and aha moments with all to better serve ourselves and the universe.

My background is that of Executive Secretary for the local Electric company (11 years).

Certified Personal Trainer (since 1991) and Fitness Consultant for my own company, Beachin Bodies (6 years) and certified in Reiki and Nutrition with training in Cranial Sacral work, Tai Chi, and Meditation. Certified as a Professional Life Coach (2015); Minister at Universal Life Church (2016);

and, possibly, most important,

my own journey through illness and avenues, roads and roadblocks that I have taken to find the real me. (35 plus years).

The me that I was born as. The me that is the all-knowing. I believe the search is endless and we are here to learn and to love and to share it all.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Turtle

TURTLE ("Animal Speak" by Ted Andrews)

"The turtle is associated with longevity. Long life and groundedness within ife is part of what the turtle is about. They have amazing survival skills and strategies. Turtles hold the mystery of awakening the senses--on both physical and spiritual levels.

If turtle shows up in your life, you may need to ask yourself are you not seeing what you should? Are you not hearing what you should? Are you or those around you not using discrimination?

A snapping turtle may indicate the ability to grab and use the mouth and all associated with it (voice, sound, digestion) in new ways.

A box turtle has a hinge - like opening in the front and back that it can retreat into and it can teach how to protect yourself more solidly.

A painted turtle may be able to teach you the power and use of color.

Turtles carry their home on their back. The shell is actually the backbone and ribs of the turtle. It serves as home and shelter for it. If turned on their back they use their head and neck to turnabout. This can be a reminder to use your own head and knowledge to right yourself when your world gets topsy turvy.

Sometimes we can't see the forest for the trees and turtle can slow us down to help us see our opportunities.

Turtle is the favorite food of raccoons. Good idea to also study raccoons. This can help you understand the interplay of energies manifesting within your life. It is believed that turtles use the sun to make vaitamin D. It may be a good idea to check your own vitamin intake and adjust your diet, especially vitamin D.

If turtle has shown up in your life, it is time to get connected to your most primal essence. Go within your shell and come out when your ideas are ready to be expressed. It is time to recognize that there is an abundance out there for you. Let the natural flow work for you.

Turtle reminds us that all we need for all that we do is available to us when we approach it in the right manner and time.

Turtles remind us that the way to heaven is through the earth. In Mother Earth there is all that we need. She will care for us, protect us and nurture us as long as we do the same for her. For that to happen, we must slow down and heighten our sensibilities. We must see the connection to all things.

Just as the turtle cannot separate itself from its shell, neither can we separate ourselves from what we do to and on the Earth."

Is today a good day to start using turtle energy to Be U?

There is more about the turtle in Mr. Andrews book. I only put what 'grabbed' me.

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My Past Story

The first thing I would always tell a new doctor was 'my dad left me when I was 10'. He just disappeared, ran away. It was pretty awful for me. I thought it was my fault as most kids sometimes do. I thought I was unlovable. Years later, 20 maybe, I realized it wasn't just that my dad left me that affected my life, but also that my mom stayed. She stayed and I'll be forever grateful. However, her staying wasn't all peaches and creme. She was so hurt, so distraught, so frightened to raise three kids on her own and find a job that it was very hard for her to be there for me and my needs. I chose to shutdown, be quiet and try not to make it any harder on her as to not ask for much, or voice much, or need much.

Years later, in 11/12th grade, I noticed my fingers being really cold and hurting all the time. I noticed them turning purple and the pain was very 'loud'. Humorously enough, I had chosen to be a secretary and typing was a big part of my everyday. I loved it even. Fingers flying across the keyboard with as little mistakes as possible was the goal. I was pretty good at it. While in typing class, I remember putting my hands on my neck to try to warm them and make them feel better. I was naive enough then to think this must be happening to everyone.

Anyway, years went by and nobody was able to tell me why this was happening or what to do to make it better. Then, approximately 4 years later, I remember (what I felt) was little me sitting across from a really big doctor at his really big desk and him telling me I was allergic to myself. Of course, this was him describing to me what auto-immune meant. I had a disease called scleroderma and it could kill me (sometimes in as little as five years) and I would most likely be on medicine and have it for the rest of my life and there was nothing to change it.

Anyway, almost 30 years later, I've had my share of pain and I'm alive. I've had ulcerations on my fingers and I have lost most of my nails on both hands from lack of circulation and producing too much collagen. My hands are somewhat not a pretty sight and to hit something with one of my fingers by accident (well, I refer to the feeling as 'going to the moon).

When I was about 30, I started looking at alternative medicine and I tried anything that came across my path to try to stop the pain. I have tried many normal and not so normal 'ideas'. I sometimes do not believe at what lengths I went to try to ease my pain and suffering!

This is what has brought me here to this point in my life.

I'm grateful to be able to learn so much about myself and life and I wouldn't take it back (well, some days I might want to).

Something was telling me to blog. I really didn't know much about blogging - I am still a novice at best. Approximately 5 weeks ago, I sat at my computer and started typing.

I am surprised at where my blogs have led me. I thought I was trying to help others and that still is a big goal of mine. However, what I am finding out is that this is a great outlet for me.

A way to feel like I'm doing something. I told a friend this morning about my blog and I said that it's draining because I put everything out there and do not hold back as I post each individual blog; its fun because it does give me an outlet and I feel a little purpose in my life; and it's scary because I don't want anyone laughing at me or telling me that I am completely 'off my rocker'!