Too many thoughts in my head.

I always know when I am going to start getting intense creative outbursts. It's always when I find myself thinking too much. Sometimes I have so many thoughts in my head, good, neutral, and bad, that I feel like I just need to get them out or I will go nuts. I have been putting a lot of thought into THOUGHTS themselves lately. All the voices from different parts of the mind..all the pain we cause ourselves by submitting to the negative voices that have occupied our minds our whole lives. Trying to find ways to defeat them...

So anyway, I am working on being conscious of my day to day thoughts and be careful how I let the old habitual voices effect me.  Sometimes the bad thoughts can even cause loss of friendships that could have possibly been one of the greatest relationships of your life if you only minded your thoughts and ejected the tapes of the mind that never want to stop playing doubtful and poisoning messages to your heart and spirit.

If we can think about what we think, we can change the way we feel from moment to moment in life. It is the ultimate "coping skill". In order to have a good life and enjoy living, people just need to stop letting thoughts destroy their lives. Fear, anxiety, depression, hostility, anger, are all just negative thought patterns that get stuck in peoples minds because they go through every day thinking fearful, scary, sad, hostile, self loathing, angry thoughts and never try to do anything about it. It is what they are used to.It is familiar to them. It's sad. We don't have to be that way. I don't have to hate myself. I can easily love myself with loving thoughts instead of hateful ones. I can make myself feel happy and at peace by thinking of things and words that make me feel peaceful and happy.

I think another destructive power of the mind is always thinking people know what we are thinking or people are judging everything we do, or that everyone is always thinking about all the bad things you have done in your life. Chances are, they are actually thinking about why they love you and ways you have brought joy into their lives. There are always burned bridges between people, and sad endings to good friendships, but that doesn't mean you have to define yourself by the way you USED to be.

I choose to let go of gloom and sorrow. I would rather be happy here while I am living so I can be at peace with my unavoidable mortality and enjoy the life I have and the people in it.

I have learned a lot from dark times in my life, but most of all I am learning how to brush dark thoughts away quickly and easily so that the positive, useful thoughts can work their magic on my life.

It is so important to make an effort to completely clear your mind once a day. I cant even tell you how much it has helped me. Here are some good links:

Clear your mind

Negative Thought Patterns

The thoughts that pass through your mind are responsible for everything that happens in your life.

affirmations to change your thoughts

be a goddess

Raw, healthy, date, carob, and coconut truffles by April

Today I have gone back to my cleansing, raw foods diet.  Read this for more info on this diet's benefits to the body/mind/spirit.

I went to Vitamin Cottage and got the ingredients to make yummy natural chocolate like snacks to eat when I am craving sweets, because that is one of my biggest battles right now is really intense cravings for carbs and sweets. I need to have something good to snack on instead of Oreos, or ice cream. So I looked up a few Raw Dessert Recipes..... (this lady's blog is AWESOME) and found a ton of healthy treats that are really low fat and actually good for you. And in my opinion, they taste better than truffles made with butter and milk and other sugary, processed, fatty ingredients.

I was going to follow a recipe I found on a random blog, but once I got home and started mixing things, my creative side took hold and I made something completely different. Plus I altered the ingredients to suit my taste. Interesting fact about coconuts. Wow! Everything from weight loss to shiny hair!!

RAW, HEALTHY, DATE, CAROB, AND COCONUT TRUFFLES BY APRIL

INGREDIENTS:

PITTED DATES, ABOUT 2 POUNDS
RAW WALNUTS, 1 CUP (OR MORE DEPENDING ON YOUR TASTE)
RAW ALMOND BUTTER, FOURTH CUP
COCONUT FLAKES (LARGE BAG)
COCONUT WATER WITH PULP, HALF CUP OR SO
COCONUT OIL, 1 TABLESPOON
CAROB POWDER 3/4 CUP (OR YOU CAN USE COCOA POWDER IF YOU PREFER REAL CHOCOLATE)
CINNAMON
NUTMEG
PINCH OF SEA SALT

PROCESS PITTED DATES AND WALNUTS TOGETHER IN A FOOD PROCESSOR OR BLENDER. IF YOU ONLY HAVE A BLENDER, PUT THE COCONUT WATER IN FIRST SO IT WILL BLEND INTO A PASTE

****please make sure your dates are pitted or you will pretty much chip your teeth on pits***

ADD ALMOND BUTTER, COCONUT OIL, AND COCONUT WATER. MIX WELL.

THE CONSISTENCY SHOULD NOW LOOK LIKE THIS:

ADD CAROB, CINNAMON, NUTMEG, SEA SALT.

NOW IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS:

ADD A COUPLE HANDFULS OF COCONUT FLAKES SO YOU CAN ROLL YOUR STICKY CAROB MIXTURE INTO BALLS.

COVER SURFACE OF BALLS WITH COCONUT FLAKES ( YOU CAN USE OATS HERE, YOU CAN USE ROUGH COCONUT FLAKES OR FINE GROUND, THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN BE VERY CREATIVE. YOU CAN EVEN ADD BEAT JUICE TO YOUR COCONUT TO GIVE IT A BIT OF COLOR!)

I PUT MINE IN REGULAR CUPCAKE PAPERS AND PLACED THEM IN MY FRUIT DRAWER IN THE FRIDGE SO ANY TIME I NEED A SWEET TREAT, I CAN JUST GRAB A BAG AND ENJOY!!

BOTH OF MY KIDS LOVED THESE TASTY TREATS AND I DIDN'T FEEL GUILTY LETTING THEM HAVE A GOOD SIZED BALL. THEY ATE THEM UP!

TOMORROW: RAW PAD THAI MINUS THE NOODLES AND CHICKEN.