It Takes Money:

So I just keep on keeping on, and hanging on, and going on!


There is so much I wish to do but this body of mine doesn't wish to cooperate so often. :(  You know the saying, "It takes money to make money" ??? (Sure you do - everyone does)  Well, it's true; but so is this! It takes money to regain health!


Why is it that the more you see a doctor, the more you need to see a doctor?  And why is that when a doctor gives you a prescription for one ailment it causes a few others to develop for which you need a few more prescriptions for?  Why aren't doctors really interested in helping people get healthy?


MONEY!


That's what it's all about! Money!  See, if the doctors make you well then you don't need to see them so much so they don't make as much money.  And if they don't give you a prescription when they see you then the pharmacy guys don't make as much money either.  And somewhere in the picture are all the other entities that make a little money with every visit: the clinics, the hospitals, the labs, the insurance companies... there are so many people (jobs) with a vested interest in keeping you coming back time after time.  You wouldn't come back if you were well!!!


HOW does it take money to regain health?


The basic recipe to regain health is to do what your body needs to be healthy.
1. You need to stop doing things that make it unhealthy.
2. You need to start doing things that help it be healthy.
3. It's best to both 1 & 2 at the same time until you regain full health.


Sounds so simple!  So easy!  Right?


Wrong!!!


Let's take #1 - what makes us unhealthy?
Pollution, chemical exposures, poor quality foods, a lack of nutrients in whatever we take in, lack of exercise.  That's about it.  "Garbage IN, Garbage OUT" is really all our unhealthy bodies are saying to us!


Let's stop it! 
Pollution - just for us personally it's expensive to remove pollutants from our environment.  Same with chemical exposures.  Poor quality foods - we can buy higher quality at a higher price. So again we're back to money.  Same thing for nutritional values of anything we eat or drink... takes more money to get more quality.  Exercise is maybe the one thing that doesn't need to cost more for us - we just need to make it a higher priority in our lives and do it more often.  But exercise alone generally won't make us completely healthy.
To regain health takes money!


Let's look at #2! Start buying better quality foods with higher nutritional values... those cost more, but aren't you worth it?  Remove all the chemicals from your home - the cleaning stuff, the shampoos, toothpaste, body washes, soaps, cosmetics, air fresheners, etc. Watch for furnishings that contain chemicals that emit fumes into your home.  And what about the foods and drinks you consume? Some are loaded with chemicals and carcinogens and other harmful stuff.  Read all the labels carefully!  Ask questions!  Do your research!
But, to do a really top-notch job (there's a lot of stuff to replace!) with this it takes more money!


I mean, let's face it!  Look around you!  Who do you see with the most health problems?  Those with the least money! I'd be willing to bet that if you could take away the money issue, make it so everyone has equal access to the best quality foods and the highest level of nutritional value for everything they ate and drank then you would find lots more healthier people.  They would just keep on getting healthier too!


Right now I am so tired of always needing more money to keep doing what I'm already doing!  It's making it harder and harder to save up for things I really need yet! I need to eat totally organic foods, and drink totally organic beverages.  But the highly processed stuff is cheaper and fits my present budget better. :(  I need to build up my own business more. But that means more printing stuff from my home computer (business cards, flyers, info sheets, invitations, etc.) or paying someone else to do it.  I need to keep my bills (rent, utilities, phone, car, groceries, etc) paid up but that gets tricky when the cost for those things goes up and the income stays the same, or worse, goes down!


Bottom line... IT TAKES MONEY!!!

It's been awhile

Yes, it's certainly been a long time since my last post! :)


My list of links is growing - so I may just create a post soon that puts them all in one place and then more slowly I will add some info about them. Sorry, there won't be any with this post.


This is just a huge update of all sorts of things.  


First - the new kittens (born June 17th) and their mama got really sick in July and finally in mid-August (just before they would be 10 weeks old) we lost them all.  It's been a hard blow for all of us as we worked so hard and put so much into caring for them in efforts to save them all. :(


Second - in the ever-changing lives of my kids we have been having one crisis after another with different kids.  Of course, they are all adults now - but four still live with me - and just because they are legally adults doesn't mean they aren't still my kids. lol  Cars breaking down; jobs changing - cutting hours, laying off, or just being challenging in new ways; searching for jobs - first jobs, new jobs, different jobs; new health challenges developing; old health challenges getting worse; all in all, it's the same ol' - same ol' - never really changing status of needing more money than we have to care for all the things that come up.  It's not unlike a dog chasing it's tail - totally futile to attempt; but having done so, IF one should catch up then suddenly you find yourself getting bitten!


Third - we're into a decluttering mode - more now than ever.  It began when my sister moved out - and it's taking on a whole new meaning after attending our district convention at the end of July and then our circuit assembly at the beginning of September!  Now, it's not just get rid of things we're not using or haven't used in over a year; it's become get rid of things we don't really need. In other words, let's take a close look at every single thing in every single room of the house, including closets, porches, deck, garage and yard and let's see if we REALLY & TRULY NEED IT for survival. :)


This has become a huge project. One we hope to finish by the end of September. :)


I'm still working on building my business - ecomomandee.blogspot.com and I'm still working on my weight loss goals - sparknearthlybest.blogspot.com/ and like always I'll keep working on all these.  I'm not one to give up!