Why the Change?

So, why the change? So many people have come asking why we have changed, what the difference is, where life took a turn. This video really has everything to do with where we are. It explains the change. It tells the story I haven't figured out how to tell just yet. This is a very good start to understanding what we are discovering at this place in life. It is total transformation of self. It's just transformation in every aspect. It's a a place of crazy happy. It's a place of total success. It's a place of work and focus and vision. A lot of work. A lot of applying yourself in a way you have never known. I don't know why and where it began. I don't know where it came from. I can attempt to tell you. I can attempt to speculate. But I don't know that it would ever do our story justice right now. I don't know that I could make sense of it all yet. Just start here. Rise above. It's well worth the 9 minute viewing time. 

There comes a time in life that you just get tired of being stuck. Stuck everywhere. Life is too short to not fulfill your purpose. I firmly believe each and every single person was given a passion for a purpose. And when you find or rediscover that passion...you find your purpose. And when you find your purpose you become a powerhouse of positive energy, fulfillment, contentment, passion, and you begin to radiate life. 

Never in my life did I ever think I would be a morning person. I could not even begin to comprehend morning people and the way they described their excitement for life. I teased with others that my excitement for life lies in the bed under warm sheets. But now......now I wake on my own anywhere between 4:30 and 5:30 am....and 3:15 am has glowed more than a few times recently. Seriously and insanely waking up excited about the peppermint drop that will go in my coffee. Steaming coffee, inhaling deeply, feeling it in my entire body. Peppermint actually makes me excited about life. How is it possible that the thought of a drop of freakin peppermint can not only make a person smile but make you laugh a little too....high on life? I sit, hands cupped around steaming aromatic warmth, bubbly insane excitement, and I dive head first into everything in life I've ever wanted to learn...a world so much bigger than I ever imagined...classes, knowledge, and people wanting a way to take charge of their own health....people that thrive in finding and knowing wholeness in every aspect of life. So much information, so many resources and classes, so many people. And suddenly...the last however many years of our life come together in a literal, take your breath away moment. Freedom. Empowerment. Lessons of learning to know love on a level that aches, learning the power of kindness, learning to embrace people...to KNOW them....to see that we are all woven intricately together by this fragile thread of life...hearts that beat and souls that just want to be seen for who they are. There exists a love for people and an excitement to serve and to help...to be of use and make life count. To have found purpose and passion....riding the crests of waves. To work on make this vision come to life......it's hard. It's messy. It's frustrating. It can look and feel chaotic. But the gratification...the total absolute gratification.....that comes when you reach a milestone, take a test, something finally clicks, you stumbled on something that will unlock the door to so much more, you actually are able to help someone, they thank you for helping them begin their own journey, changing their life, changing that of their children's as they begin to make their vision a reality....it's just something not of this world. And I think somewhere along the way we just very inadvertently stumbled upon the secret to life. What do you love to do? 

I never saw this road coming. I never imagined we have the power to live out doing what we love. The problem with people is that we think small, we dream small, we chalk the big stuff up to "that'll never happen". Why? Why can't it ever happen? You're your biggest obstacle. I think if we could just get over the fear and the mental block and the limitations we put on ourself an entire generation would break free. People would rediscover everything they love, there would be fulfillment in work, we'd be happier in what we do, and when people are happy they just become kinder in every way. When you feel the power of yourself you begin to pursue life and dreams are no longer impossible. Confidence in self grows, purpose begins to take shape, crazy happy becomes the new normal, and the desire to love and help just supernaturally follows. 

Our road was so inadvertent....I never imagined our life would grow so much just because we felt physically better and I found something my heart loves. I never imagined that something as tiny and as insane as a drop of peppermint would lead to a life makeover. I never imagined newfound energy would lead to health, health would lead to productivity, and productivity would lead to confidence...confidence leading to wanting more and the searching that followed. And then the discovery of purpose and a passion for others in the personal search and discovery of self. I never imagined we would be part of something that so inadvertently ended up helping so many others around us find relief from other chronic issues, and things prescriptions are just not helping. This road very unexpectedly catapulted the desire to do so much more and grow beyond the little bubble of ordinary life... to pursue school, online classes, to transcend and rise...to show my kids anything is possible. A happy body shape that causes a smile when mirror stares back, feelings of confidence, sexiness, empowerment, productivity. It is the pursuit of purpose and passion. There comes a time when you just grow tired of the mundane, grow tired of mediocrity, grow tired of smallness, grow tired of other's smallness...and it's time to rise and be more. Yoga, crossfit, jiu jitsu tournaments, helping people find answers, energy, health and wholeness. It takes my breath away...and causes one to rise with a smile in very dark early morning hours. 

Since integration into the blog of fitness, health, essential oils, working out and yoga knowledge will be a slow one, I have established a new facebook page for those desiring to know more right now and see what life looks like when all of these become wrapped up together. It primarily focuses on essential oils at the moment, as it's only a few days old, and EO's are by far the most fun part of this journey, the most amazing resource we have ever used, and the uses for them are so very endless. However, over time I will add fitness tips, inspiration, and life wellness also.