What really drives us to do what we do.. to get out of bed in the morning (Dunkin Donuts Coffee for me ), to get going on our day.. to do this job or that job.. this task or that task.  As humans we seem to have a strong need/desire for success and accomplishment versus a dog for instance.. their needs and desires seem simple.. some food, some love and a place to rest.  I guess we, humans that is, are really not that different in our basic needs either though when you truly break it down to these 3 basic components, yet our drive to excel, create, build and grow sets us up for great happiness/sense of accomplishment and also great sadness/frustration when things don’t go the way we want/perceive them to go.. yet it is all in our mind…our brain.. a fantastic 8 lb lump of neurons, synapses and I think a lot of other really cool stuff.

If you see the world as a happy loving place, then thats where you are going to live.  But if you see the world as messed up, negative, and dangerous place, then that will be your reality.“  Having been drinking lemon juice/maple syrup/cayenne pepper juju juice now for 4 days… aka the Master Cleanse …do I see the world as a happier, more loving place? Perhaps.   The recommended time is 10 days, but recommendations aside my belly is currently aching, the spritual journay has happened and life is too short to deprive oneself of God given gifts of nutrients!!  So after writing this post, straight to the grocery store I go, 4 new recipes in hand!  Has it been beneficial?  I feel so…  the re-realization of how much time we spend thinking about, preparing and eating food and the refocus on healthy eating going forward, being more contemplative and focused,   the caffeine habit kicked.  (until perhaps tomorrow morning )   So go for it if you feel you are in a rut, need a change of pace, simply want to try something different.