It is said that you will not move forward to success unless your why is greater than your fears. Why I do things is more by impulse than necessity.
Take for instance, the wireless router that is casting internet into my house is so brightly lit in obnoxious blue light it is a distraction. For months I have ignored it. Today I solved it and found it an interesting topic of discussion. I solved it by covering it with a box that is over sized so it could breathe and not get so heated that it would burst into flame. My eyes are relaxed now, not burdened by flashing blue lights emitting from the white router housing.
These little things pile up in the back of your mind, flashing blue, and affect us mysteriously. I think it is the way the why of action taking works. Why causes enough irritation to finally bring us the idea that moves us forward.
I share my time with a few things. Work time - paid hourly, cooking time, eating and socializing, and watching TV until I am too sleepy and then rest time. Life time is a concept that brings in Christ time, living a God man living, sharing my spirit for the bringing forth of God's building and His move on the earth. Wasted time is the parts of the day occupied by nothing worthwhile, reading silly books, observing others fun, ignorant of others feelings and actively isolating myself. Why is that? I know a lot, and can share a lot of information on many topics especially nutrition but choose instead to waste time.
Desire comes into the picture: here is the mission piece. You need to want something enough to overcome the time element that becomes a waste. I want to change myself, I want to be something else, I want to have more for myself. They say be specific of what you really desire and it will come to you from the Universe. I do not disagree but will it bring happiness? Things to test...happy now?
My sister Kathleen has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and I have a few things to do with her before I say good bye. We are going to collaborate a collection of recipes for our children. It will include everyday food, sometimes boring but always nourishing. Fancy food, spicy food and emergency food are all on the list. It is time to get serious and get going. I am happy now.
Desire then the pure milk of the Word, that you may grow. (1 Peter 2: 2 As 1newborn ababes, long for the 2guileless bmilk 3of the word in order that by it you may 4cgrow 5unto dsalvation, Recovery Version)
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Saturday, November 28, 2015
What do you do when you find out your sister has cancer?
We decided to write about it. A journal or a blog seemed the natural thing to do but we did pray about it first. There is the initial fear. Then the sanity of what can be done comes as respite instead of sinking to sickness.
Let us set up the stage for our meeting. We are 10 siblings of Filipino migrant families who moved to Maui, Hawaii. Our upbringing is unusual because it is the time of plantations and the end of the World War II and people are needed for agriculture and the age is turning to ... the jet age and then the space age as our mother would say. My father met mom as former patients of tuberculosis at Kula Sanitorium and got married. Mom was 20 years old and dad was 30 but he did not look much older. By the time mom was 27 there were 6 Cerizo children running around and when I was born we had moved into Upper Waiehu to the only private home among the removed plantation town.
While 10 siblings were in the house, we were raised with our grandparents and their children. Uncles and aunty were just a few years older. We were to know them as almost siblings too. Our home was a farm among the cane fields for a time and then the macadamia nut farm that got sold to persons who would be able to purchase large tracts of land with no water rights. We were the exception, our water is Kuleana and free but painstaking to care of in the rainy season when it stops running into our faucets. To this day, now in my 60's we hike up to the water source to create the dam that gets broken from flooding storms to restore the intake for water to come to our ditch.
From this colorful background comes the seed of what made us who we are. It may be we have residual toxins from that long ago that attributed to the weakness that invited cancer into the body. Both dad and mom died of lung cancer although neither smoked a day in their lives. Dad had a scientific mind that sought out the secrets of longevity in yoga, farming and many books. He was a self taught medical technologist at the Hospital and with his earnings and my mothers' sales ability, sent all of us to higher education. Some of us became technicians and some were financial experts and a few chose medical attainments. None were doctors but we like to read all about it.
I cannot make this installment too
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Spilling the image
It is not easy to be creative because you need to settle your mind in many areas. The main one is to sit down and compose your thoughts and find yourself interesting.
There has been a journey that I have taken to espress the journey to health and my ideal image. Since this is about health it is an every day matter of how to get there. Bare the soul and you find the body is resistant just like the weight. Funny that the weight maintains the state it is in because your mental state remains unchanged. I just thought that was crazy. So we move on while we listen to world music hits in iTunes or how about hymns. The shift is subtle and switched from anxious care to being soothed.
As the weeks progress which they have a way of doing, we are faced with the current day. It is 2:16 AM and the house is quiet . There are days that spark a mutual accord with the Word, words and a work of consistency as a pill. The two persons who are coaching me in emails are touching a "can do". I can do this, be consistent with activity. The activity I started again can begin fresh and new again every morning like waking early in the morning and Morning Watch with my husband before breakfast. I started walking early in the morning. For protection I took my shiatsu stick that looks like a walking cane with a really long crooked neck.
We can move our body everyday, it is easy just move around walk instead of sit. While you walk you can talk to your self about yourself in your telephone I experimented with the iPhone on a 20 minute recorded walk of my phone hitting my leg in that rythm of a pace that was not very quick. I thought the headphones had the mic but it was in the phone inside my pocket so I laughed at myself as I listened to the playback of the steps one foot in front of another as I talk to myself in the headphones that do not record my ramblings but I remember it was praying for my family during part of the time and mentioning all the names of those whom the Lord has put in my life. We are not alone even though I feel lonely sometimes.
Reaching out to others has to be one of those really out of body shifts that bring us out of our poor me attitude. I am so grateful to my children who came to visit because they started the framework for a garden in the back yard. So far I have had a wonderful harvest of daily tomatoe volunteers that lend excellent broth and nutrients to our simple meals. I have harvested some dandelion greens and purslaine that will go into a salad today.
Now about that Type 2 Diabetes - here we go.
Chase the insulin, find the source of what will heal the beta cells that make insulin and make it better suited to taking care of the cause of diabetes. This is a very simplified version because there are so many sources of science that you can go to. Some of my favorite places to get that information has been other blogs and podcasts. Underground Wellness with Sean Croxton, Jimmy Moore with Livin La Vida Low Carb, and all the scientists, health practitioners and Medical Doctor guests that they have interviewed. I find listening to these talks and researching the parts that are important to me is more useful than speaking forth the science others have done so well in their publications.
For me the purpose is the journey out of the Diabetes world that seeks to rob me of health and ultimately the wealth of person we are destined to be.
What I mean to do is chase the insulin, the way it became dulled or insensitive to my body to be so inactive that it needs medication to bring blood sugar under control. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas that affects the beginning of digestion of the food we eat. The regulation of insulin in digestion is to take glucose the breakdown of sugars and starches that we eat out of the circulating blood stream into the body cells that need it for running the action of cells all in harmony so that it is used in doing work or storing glucose into fat. The latter is the part we do not want to see in our clothes but more importantly its effect on our circulation, heart disease and all the causes of illness we seek to avoid. The facts I want to share are by making choices with the fingers at the end of my hands will be of foods that bring health deliciously.
There has been a journey that I have taken to espress the journey to health and my ideal image. Since this is about health it is an every day matter of how to get there. Bare the soul and you find the body is resistant just like the weight. Funny that the weight maintains the state it is in because your mental state remains unchanged. I just thought that was crazy. So we move on while we listen to world music hits in iTunes or how about hymns. The shift is subtle and switched from anxious care to being soothed.
As the weeks progress which they have a way of doing, we are faced with the current day. It is 2:16 AM and the house is quiet . There are days that spark a mutual accord with the Word, words and a work of consistency as a pill. The two persons who are coaching me in emails are touching a "can do". I can do this, be consistent with activity. The activity I started again can begin fresh and new again every morning like waking early in the morning and Morning Watch with my husband before breakfast. I started walking early in the morning. For protection I took my shiatsu stick that looks like a walking cane with a really long crooked neck.
We can move our body everyday, it is easy just move around walk instead of sit. While you walk you can talk to your self about yourself in your telephone I experimented with the iPhone on a 20 minute recorded walk of my phone hitting my leg in that rythm of a pace that was not very quick. I thought the headphones had the mic but it was in the phone inside my pocket so I laughed at myself as I listened to the playback of the steps one foot in front of another as I talk to myself in the headphones that do not record my ramblings but I remember it was praying for my family during part of the time and mentioning all the names of those whom the Lord has put in my life. We are not alone even though I feel lonely sometimes.
Reaching out to others has to be one of those really out of body shifts that bring us out of our poor me attitude. I am so grateful to my children who came to visit because they started the framework for a garden in the back yard. So far I have had a wonderful harvest of daily tomatoe volunteers that lend excellent broth and nutrients to our simple meals. I have harvested some dandelion greens and purslaine that will go into a salad today.
Now about that Type 2 Diabetes - here we go.
Chase the insulin, find the source of what will heal the beta cells that make insulin and make it better suited to taking care of the cause of diabetes. This is a very simplified version because there are so many sources of science that you can go to. Some of my favorite places to get that information has been other blogs and podcasts. Underground Wellness with Sean Croxton, Jimmy Moore with Livin La Vida Low Carb, and all the scientists, health practitioners and Medical Doctor guests that they have interviewed. I find listening to these talks and researching the parts that are important to me is more useful than speaking forth the science others have done so well in their publications.
For me the purpose is the journey out of the Diabetes world that seeks to rob me of health and ultimately the wealth of person we are destined to be.
What I mean to do is chase the insulin, the way it became dulled or insensitive to my body to be so inactive that it needs medication to bring blood sugar under control. Insulin is a hormone produced in the pancreas that affects the beginning of digestion of the food we eat. The regulation of insulin in digestion is to take glucose the breakdown of sugars and starches that we eat out of the circulating blood stream into the body cells that need it for running the action of cells all in harmony so that it is used in doing work or storing glucose into fat. The latter is the part we do not want to see in our clothes but more importantly its effect on our circulation, heart disease and all the causes of illness we seek to avoid. The facts I want to share are by making choices with the fingers at the end of my hands will be of foods that bring health deliciously.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
1.11.15 I have something to say about
I have something to say about the little things we may not notice but it made my life just a little bit easier.
Today I found a Ziplock bag with a tab. It may seem little but it makes the bag so much easier to open, the designer deserves a prize and my gratitude. It must have registered that in opening a resuseable bag you have to find the split slit opening that folding over a seam in half and rubbing together and pinching, flicking and fingernail searching finally greets you with 2 flaps so you can open the bag. Yes the tab a litter longer than the matching side works so well. You may ask what does this have to do with Delicious? So, I have to say the triple ginger, likikoi (passion fruit) glazed gluten free cookie from Mana Foods needed to be stored because it was too big to eat in one sitting.
For all of us who live on Maui this little gem of a store gets more crowded every time we visit. It is a personal treat of an outing because in such a tiny place you will find the organic foods mainstay for our community. You will find innovation at work in every corner. I may not espouse the beliefs that they embrace because I am a lover of Jesus, but there is lots to enjoy without being contrary. You will find cookware, glass jars of every size and function from all over the globe. You will find reusable flatware made with sustainable materials like coconut wooden spoons, cups and the greatest assortment of kitchen gadgets in a 3 foot square area. I got a pan today that I may never see again but someone of the many buyers (who may be so interesting) thoughtfully brought it to my realm - my kitchen where I intend to make some seriously simple but kick-okole food.
The transition from Delicious for Delicious has to do with taking the traditional foods we have learned to love because of our culture and transferring it to a delicious health promoting food. It all starts with fresh ingredients. I took a hot dog recipe and made it kick okole!
2 hot dogs or smoked sausage that are non nitrite
2 to 4 heads of baby bok choi cabbage
1 tsp Ghee - clarified butter or coconut oil
1 tsp good quality oyster sauce
In my new pretty green ceramic coated cast iron pan, I diagonally cut the doggies, sautéed in ghee and when browned threw in the cleaned whole leaves of the bock choi. Add a small amount of water to the stir fry to get the cabbage steamed not burned and a dollop of oyster sauce to finish off till the cabbage is tender crisp.
Serve on the table in the pretty green pan with kim chee side dishes. We had quinoa spinach salad, some left over thai noodle salad and asian hot chili slaw.
From grocery bag to completed lunch, less than half an hour. There were lots of green leafy vegetables a few carbs from the quinoa and noodles but then there was that triple ginger cookie I mentioned at the start. Awue! No worries it is all good because when you make a choice, make it with fervor or vigor or gusto or I own it!
Have a great week, I will have more to say next time... Type II Diabetes and what it means to me.
Today I found a Ziplock bag with a tab. It may seem little but it makes the bag so much easier to open, the designer deserves a prize and my gratitude. It must have registered that in opening a resuseable bag you have to find the split slit opening that folding over a seam in half and rubbing together and pinching, flicking and fingernail searching finally greets you with 2 flaps so you can open the bag. Yes the tab a litter longer than the matching side works so well. You may ask what does this have to do with Delicious? So, I have to say the triple ginger, likikoi (passion fruit) glazed gluten free cookie from Mana Foods needed to be stored because it was too big to eat in one sitting.
For all of us who live on Maui this little gem of a store gets more crowded every time we visit. It is a personal treat of an outing because in such a tiny place you will find the organic foods mainstay for our community. You will find innovation at work in every corner. I may not espouse the beliefs that they embrace because I am a lover of Jesus, but there is lots to enjoy without being contrary. You will find cookware, glass jars of every size and function from all over the globe. You will find reusable flatware made with sustainable materials like coconut wooden spoons, cups and the greatest assortment of kitchen gadgets in a 3 foot square area. I got a pan today that I may never see again but someone of the many buyers (who may be so interesting) thoughtfully brought it to my realm - my kitchen where I intend to make some seriously simple but kick-okole food.
The transition from Delicious for Delicious has to do with taking the traditional foods we have learned to love because of our culture and transferring it to a delicious health promoting food. It all starts with fresh ingredients. I took a hot dog recipe and made it kick okole!
2 hot dogs or smoked sausage that are non nitrite
2 to 4 heads of baby bok choi cabbage
1 tsp Ghee - clarified butter or coconut oil
1 tsp good quality oyster sauce
In my new pretty green ceramic coated cast iron pan, I diagonally cut the doggies, sautéed in ghee and when browned threw in the cleaned whole leaves of the bock choi. Add a small amount of water to the stir fry to get the cabbage steamed not burned and a dollop of oyster sauce to finish off till the cabbage is tender crisp.
Serve on the table in the pretty green pan with kim chee side dishes. We had quinoa spinach salad, some left over thai noodle salad and asian hot chili slaw.
From grocery bag to completed lunch, less than half an hour. There were lots of green leafy vegetables a few carbs from the quinoa and noodles but then there was that triple ginger cookie I mentioned at the start. Awue! No worries it is all good because when you make a choice, make it with fervor or vigor or gusto or I own it!
Have a great week, I will have more to say next time... Type II Diabetes and what it means to me.
Friday, January 2, 2015
The First Day for the First Year
This is the first day of the year 2015 and my first entry for my musings - absorbed in thought. Jess says this is not a word used or understood but I like it. Jess is my dear husband for 34 years and we have shared some moments that are interesting and infuriating. These have accumulated to the years of our shared lives because we have Christ and the Church in common.
The purpose of this blog is to take what I have learned and taught to a permanent place because now that I have crossed over to the 60 year and older crowd there are a lot of things to share.
When I think of the past day the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015 it has come down to choices that I have made.
Choices for living:
Christ first.
Family and work.
Work that mattered.
Who is Mary today and how did she get here?
What I did to feed myself and made it fun.
What I did to my environment to change it for the better.
Will I continue to share my household thoughts.
Every blog that I found interesting has some things in common. You got to meet a person. There is the hidden part that peeks out between the lines and laugh at the experiences of life. You get to encourage a loved one and find discipline in the small things. You get to own the stories that unfold from a tapestry of interwoven lives.
Not all blogs have food but we all have to eat. This is when you come to terms with what are our real choices. Our choices come at the end of our fingertips. What is in our members or body parts have a memory really of what our food choices are and what portions you would take in.
Our members be it fingers and legs that take us to the kitchen have a memory of what is coming down the pipe. There is science in all this because our physiology has been described in a very detailed way by the ancient writings like the bible and modern writings like my overstuffed email box.
I think I will start short because I get bored easily and a long page of stuff tends to moving on to other things...quickly. If I do anything, it will be to choose wisely, move my body more and keep in touch with how it feels.
We enjoy leftovers because it started as ingredients of high quality thoughtfully prepared and then redefined as a new dish at our next meal. We try to eat everything we buy so we have an overstuffed freezer with bits of chopped vegetables, jars of vinegared garlic and bone broths. These are the main beginnings of new things to start meals for the next time. I like to start a meal and be sitting at the table within one hour because I come home from work and am ready to leave that part of my day real fast. In this way I create my own fast food and have no need for restaurants that are disappointing at most and scientifically engineered to get me down a black hole of salt, sugar, fat and cheap.
Enjoy a tiny taste of good eating by having this salad meal.
Salad Greens: kale, baby spinach, 1 cucumber cut to cubes or rounds
Protein: choose one or more of the following
wild caught canned salmon
tuna canned in pure olive oil
wild caught sardines in pure olive oil
good bacon crumbled
nuts and seeds like pumpkin, sunflower, macadamia, pine nuts, etc.
Dress
The purpose of this blog is to take what I have learned and taught to a permanent place because now that I have crossed over to the 60 year and older crowd there are a lot of things to share.
When I think of the past day the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015 it has come down to choices that I have made.
Choices for living:
Christ first.
Family and work.
Work that mattered.
Who is Mary today and how did she get here?
What I did to feed myself and made it fun.
What I did to my environment to change it for the better.
Will I continue to share my household thoughts.
Every blog that I found interesting has some things in common. You got to meet a person. There is the hidden part that peeks out between the lines and laugh at the experiences of life. You get to encourage a loved one and find discipline in the small things. You get to own the stories that unfold from a tapestry of interwoven lives.
Not all blogs have food but we all have to eat. This is when you come to terms with what are our real choices. Our choices come at the end of our fingertips. What is in our members or body parts have a memory really of what our food choices are and what portions you would take in.
Our members be it fingers and legs that take us to the kitchen have a memory of what is coming down the pipe. There is science in all this because our physiology has been described in a very detailed way by the ancient writings like the bible and modern writings like my overstuffed email box.
I think I will start short because I get bored easily and a long page of stuff tends to moving on to other things...quickly. If I do anything, it will be to choose wisely, move my body more and keep in touch with how it feels.
We enjoy leftovers because it started as ingredients of high quality thoughtfully prepared and then redefined as a new dish at our next meal. We try to eat everything we buy so we have an overstuffed freezer with bits of chopped vegetables, jars of vinegared garlic and bone broths. These are the main beginnings of new things to start meals for the next time. I like to start a meal and be sitting at the table within one hour because I come home from work and am ready to leave that part of my day real fast. In this way I create my own fast food and have no need for restaurants that are disappointing at most and scientifically engineered to get me down a black hole of salt, sugar, fat and cheap.
Enjoy a tiny taste of good eating by having this salad meal.
Salad Greens: kale, baby spinach, 1 cucumber cut to cubes or rounds
Protein: choose one or more of the following
wild caught canned salmon
tuna canned in pure olive oil
wild caught sardines in pure olive oil
good bacon crumbled
nuts and seeds like pumpkin, sunflower, macadamia, pine nuts, etc.
Dress
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