22 Apr Self judging
Back Surgery Update
Finally saw my surgeon for my first post-operative follow up, and received clearance to remove the brace and resume normal activities, but not go crazy. He also said that since there was little to no disc material left in the disc when he went in, it was more or less a complete discectomy; apparently he told my spouse this after the surgery but it got lost in translation. What this means for me is that I will have to be a little more careful and eventually, like 10 or 15 years from now, I will probably need a fusion. And any return to running will have to be slow and should remain under 5 miles. Back to cycling and maybe time to try some new adventures; boxing anyone? lol
Self – Judgement
Having all that down time, I had a great Pinterest work out! I found this image during my hours perusing and it struck me to go both ways. We tend to judge others based on our own insecurities, so if we focus on trying to stop ourselves from judging others, perhaps we can judge ourselves less as well.
If we maintain a critical eye, it will be critical towards others, but ourselves as well. But if we look outwards with a non-judgemental and accepting eye, we can than be less judgemental and more accepting of ourselves as well. We cannot control how others perceive us, anymore than we can control the weather. We can only make the effort to put our best selves out there for the world, and using the principal of karma, hope that by being accepting of others, despite their short comings, they will be accepting of us, despite our short comings. Try it for a day. Look at everyone you pass and find the negative, accept it and counter it with a positive. Then look within yourself and find the common negative, accept it and counter it with a positive and move on. I think eventually you will see that we all are imperfect, regardless of how perfect we may outwardly appear.
Recipes
Here are the links to some recipes I have made over the last few weeks. Enjoy!!
https://rulesbyred.com/2016/04/vegetable-coconut-curry/
https://rulesbyred.com/2016/04/black-bean-arugula-stuffed-sweet-potatoes-with-poached-eggs/
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