Blood of the Moon

"Strength does not lie in what you have, it lies in what you can give."

The quote on one of my Yogi tea bags for monthly Moon Cycle. As I have been going through some PMS symptoms, I have been angry and guilty for the symptoms I have been experiencing: the irritability, anger, clutter and headaches but what I have realized with this is the conditioning  I have been taught by my society when it comes to menstruation. Instead of being understanding and loving of my body as it undergoes these changes, I find them to be a burden. I should be honoring my body and allowing myself to be at this vulnerable state of roller coaster hormone changes, sensitivity of my body and giving myself permission to not be 100% positive and happy all the time. If I was happy all the time then I wouldn't know what happiness really was.

Also, on honoring my body, and I can't tell which is a cause of what, but after my four day detox I have been experiencing these headaches in the middle of my forehead, which I never get. I have been feeling exhausted and completely out of whack. It was the holiday but I was trying to stay away from sweets for the most part but I think the small amount of coffee (one cup), alcohol (half a beer and half a small glass of champagne) and sweets (a small sliver of pie and small bit of cake) I had had really affected my body that I had just purified. This made me realize after talking to one of my health Nuts at work, just how bad substances are for our body and we have become so desensitized to their effects. It also makes me appreciate how strong my body must be to have survived years of damage that I had suffered upon it. Now, to only find the strength for Self-Control. Self-Control is the next step.