Chocolate…Indulge in the deliciousness of life.

Happy 2011! It is a crisp, cool day here in Phoenix Arizona. The sun is bright and the mountains are beautiful.  Yes, it’s the New Year . . . a time for New Beginnings. 

During a phone conversation this mornining, my friend told me she was in her sixth day of a cleanse, drinking a healthy concoction of lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and distilled water. I chuckled and told her that I am on a cleanse too, only mine is chocolate, cookies, Sprinkles cupcakes,  chocolate truffles, white chocolate brownies, Irish coffee, and wine.  Okay, for the health enthusiasts this might evoke panic, but for me it’s “all good.”   

 I decided it is a time of the year to indulge. Matter of fact, one of the inspirational messages on a card in my Butterfly Wisdom Transformation Kit  reads “CHOCOLATE – Just because…indulge in the deliciousness of life.”  Of course, Chocolate is a metaphor in this context. It is meant to evoke a consciousness that opens our sensory awareness to the beauty of life.  With the news being fraught with fear, violence, and financial disasters, we often forget that there are simple gifts all around us that are “decilicious.” To name but a few gifts:  A bird’s song, the smile of a little child, a call from a friend, a sip of water, a comforting hand on your shoulder. 

For me the personal and spiritual challenge is to cleanse myself of fear and embrace the tastiness that life presents.  Yes, I will eat Chocolate and Indulge in the deliciousness of life. That is my New Year’s goal.  What’s yours?

 Butterfly Wisdom Transformation Kit