So today I called in the big guns on the heartburn relief.  Pepcid Complete.  You heard me.  Those of you who spent time watching TV commercials in the 70s automatically answered my post title with R-O-L-A-I-D-S.  You know you did.  And you were picturing Roger Staubach on the street with a microphone asking people about their heartburn.  Yes you were.  Fess up.

But it’s a new century and I’m spellin’ relief with a new drug (now, if you listened to music in the 80s, you’re singin’ Huey Lewis.  Yes you are.  Don’t try to deny it.).

I’m also asking my heart where it needs to open, because Anna’s comment below my Random Ramblings post really spoke to me.  It made sense to me that my heart chakra was trying, creakily, to get my attention.  In recent weeks I have been a bit more closed off emotionally than usual.  That was fine, nothing wrong -  except that I think my body is reminding me that I tend to function best when I’m more open in my approach to life.

It’s an attitude more than anything, ya know?  It’s a way of looking at the world that says “Yes” first.  That strategy  might seem to leave me a bit unprotected.  But part of saying “Yes” to the universe involves standing back and observing, then opening and allowing; embracing all the various feelings that come up, and accepting that life, love, peace, joy, and deep connection are NOW.  Whatever I want to feel is just a breath away.

It’s nice to feel relief.  It’s nice to live relief.  And it’s nice to practice radical self-acceptance in the still moments…

How do YOU spell relief?