Day 1 of 30 (morning)

Today I'm starting a 30-day coaching program with Jeanie Callen Barat. We're asked to journal things each day. Over the years of using email my typing has gotten better and my handwriting has gotten worse so I'm going to use this blog site I set up a couple of years ago to use as my journal through this 30 days.
On our first day we're asked to write something we're grateful for...my bunnies. I'm grateful for my bunnies every day. They just make my heart happy when I look at them. They are beautiful, loving, a little mischievous, and pretty quiet. This morning my boy bunny Linus was konked out sleeping on his side. It's a precious sight and it doesn't last long--his may last 15 seconds. Then he very quickly rolls over and is hyper alert, then he stre-e-e-e-tches his back legs and usually yawns (another precious sight!) and is awake again. Laying down on the floor to pet the bunnies makes everything feel like it's going to be okay.
We're also supposed to read our future testimonial to this program. The future testimonial is what we hope we would be saying on day 30 to Jeanie about how the program has helped us. Here's mine.

Date: July 4, 2009
From: Marjorie Old
To: Jeanie Callen Barat

Dear Jeanie,
I'm so grateful to be writing this letter to you. Grateful for the changes I'm already seeing in my life after just 30 days.
Thirty days ago I was eating foods that I knew were not healthy for me--foods that contain sugar and wheat. They made me feel anxious and irritable. Now I feel peaceful and calm. Thirty days ago I would visualize myself saying casually in conversation "I'm a runner" but I hadn't even been doing that much exercise. I'm now running in short, regular spurts and know that I'll reach my goal of running 5k all at once in a few more weeks. As a bonus of making these changes in my life I've dropped some pounds and know that more will continue to be released.
Thirty days ago I was running around crazy busy all the time. I was too busy doing the things I had to do that I wasn't doing the things I really wanted to do. Now I'm making more time for the things that bring me joy.
I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this 30 day trip, but I'm glad I took a chance. I'm glad that I went with my intuition when it said "Sign up. Don't stop and think about it. Do it now" and I did.
Namaste,
Marjorie