Day 3

Had some really good release on day 3. Getting a little more comfortable with the whole process and looking forward to day 4.

Felt pretty good after the cleanse throughout the evening. One thing I'm really starting to notice is how much more clearly I'm thinking. My abdomen also feels much more relaxed. I also had good energy when I woke up in the morning and overall I really feel a lot better.

I discovered a profound truth after watching "The Secret" during my day 3 cleanse. I own the DVD and I've watched it at least 20 times but picked up so much from it this time around. I never realized how much my love for myself affects my surroundings. Let me explain.

My wife and I were talking about our professional lives and the direction that we want to go in. Making more money and having freedom from our jobs was the ultimate motivating factor. That's not always a bad thing. However in this case, the motive behind making more money and having freedom was to have a better life.

So I had to ask myself. Is my life not wonderful now? Am I not content with my life now? And if I'm not content, then why would having more money or freedom make me happier? The truth of the matter is that if I can't be happy with where I'm at now, nothing I add to my life will make me happy.

Why did I come to this conclusion? Because ten years ago when I didn't have my own house and I didn't have my own car and I was unhappy in my job, I thought having those things would make me happy. Now that I have those things, I'm still searching for something else to make me happy.

So what does it all boil down to?

It boils down to how I feel about myself. The truth is that I didn't like myself. I wasn't happy with the way I looked, I wasn't happy with being overweight and I wasn't happy with how I felt physically. And because I felt this way, I always looked to the future to bring me satisfaction and happiness.

Think about it. When you're in a happy moment in your life, aren't you "in" that moment and not thinking about anything else? Don't you prefer to stay "in" that moment?

Now...if you're completely and deeply in love with yourself, wouldn't it be much easier to stay in the moment and not look to the future for happiness? And wouldn't you attract more loving and happy things into your life? ABSOLUTELY!

I'm not talking about conceit or arrogance. I'm talking about a healthy and happy love for yourself. About being grateful for who you are and what you already have.

I hope I'm making sense but the simple fact of the matter is that if you genuinely love yourself, you'll find that every moment in your life is magical.

That was my day 3 experience

And to think...all of this from cleaning up a little crap!