Be U: Oh Boy

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.

Friday, December 4, 2020

Oh Boy

“The Ballad of Oh Boy”

As I'm thinking about and creating this post, the background noise in my head is the song "The Ballad of Boy" by Allan Sherman. What a hoot that song is. I was under the age of 10 and I'd be spinning around, jumping up and down, laughing, dancing and having a good old time to it. ...

Oh boy. Oh Boy. Oh BOY.

Oh boy. Oh Boy. Oh BOY!!

It is how I see, look and think about what is in front of me that creates my experience of same.

It is how You see, look and think about what is in front of You that creates Your experience of same.

Any which way, if we are going to get there, we get there no matter the experience of how. And, I have heard it said that it is the journey of life; the journey of our total experiences; and the journey of getting to, interacting and reacting to each situation that matters most and creates our reality. Goals are great. They give us good feelings of accomplishment, success, closure, joy, etc.

However, the journey of reaching (and sometimes not reaching) our goals is where we spend most of our time.

So to see, look and think about the positive, upbeat, exciting, joy, strength and love within you by way of incorporating and reaching a goal with an 'I can' or 'oh boy this is going to be good' attitude is way more fun to me.

Therefore, in this way of experiencing your journeys, I wish you as much ‘fun’ as possible.

In the situations, goals and journeys that are a bit harder to enter into through the upbeat attitude, perhaps, we can still choose to enter into them with a truthful, loving, raw attitude believing that as it turns out will be the best for developing the best of me; for me living me; with me being me. 'This is my life and I have me, God has me, and what happens is meant to happen.

I am okay above it, below it, walking next to it, experiencing it. Even when the 'it' is not what I would choose, I am still okay. I'm handling it. I will handle it. I got it. I am learning and growing. I am open to the best of me walking me through it and becoming. It all brings me home to me.

May you open to the joyful side of you in as many experiences, situations, relationships and thoughts as possible. It is 'just life'. The way you speak, the tone you put to it and the feeling you enter into every time you could/would say 'oh boy' -- may you be aware and put your spin of awesome in it.

I believe in You. Oh Boy!!! Do I!!!

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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'!