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Close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson #15

The simple aspect of breathing is the most incredible
experience. Each day we get to breathe and be grateful that we
are alive. Take a moment and take a deep breath and thank God
for your extraordinary life. He has great plans for you. You
know this, don't you? The opportunity is just waiting for you.
That's why it's important for us to get on with our lives, our
purpose, and to live each day fully expressing our love for
ourselves. Your weight loss goals are right here and so is your
purpose—to feel alive with the riches that God has given us.

I want to share with you why life is so meaningful to me. My
daughter, Lindsay, just celebrated her 21st birthday and came
home from college to mark this occasion with family and friends.
As we all know the 21st birthday has significance attached to it
as it's our entrance into full adulthood and all that it brings
to us.

My ex-husband, my daughter's friend from junior high and I took
Lindsay out to dinner. We laughed and shared stories of their
teenage years. During the course of the conversation, we
remembered the traumatic events which surrounded Lindsay's
birth. My ex-husband then retold the story of how she came into
this world.

These experiences I'm going to share with you are condensed. You
can get the full view in my new e-book, Close Kept Secrets to
Overcoming Illness, which will be on my website soon.

I was six months pregnant on March 4, 1984 and awoke that
morning with intense pain in my leg. I called my doctor and he
thought it might be a blood clot, but wasn't too concerned so I
got in the shower as I didn't want to go to the hospital with
unshaven legs. Interesting where my focus was? While I was in
the shower, I began to feel faint and quickly lied down on the
bed. After this episode, we decided we better leave immediately.
Upon arriving at the ER I began to feel faint again. I told the
nurses and they instantly wheeled me into the trauma room. I
could hear them working on me, but all of the voices felt as if
they were light years away. They shouted, "We're losing her and
the baby's heart rate is dropping." I can't describe the peace I
felt and I only wanted to go to sleep. I felt no pain as I was
slowly leaving this world, but God had other plans for Lindsay
and me. Once they administered a blood thinner, I woke up and
didn't quite know what had just happened. Unbeknownst to me, the
doctors had told my husband at the time that we could both die
and to be prepared.

What followed was a long sequence of events, but I was able to
carry Lindsay another month. She was born on April 6, 1984 after
almost four days of labor. Yes, four days!! She was born two
months early weighing a strapping 3 lbs. 11 oz and was 18 inches
long. What a gift from God.

I tell this story to illustrate that God has plans for you and
me. I believed in God, but wasn't fully connected to him 21
years ago as I was deep in my own struggles with worry and fear
and continued that way for several years. It was through another
painful time nine years ago when I was very ill that I began to
know Him on such a deeper, profound level. Releasing my
childhood stuff was the catalyst for the change in which I saw
the world. Through this experience I realized He had a dream for
me. It took some time for me to appreciate what living in faith
meant, but now I am immersing myself in it as I help others with
their weight loss goals and adoption of healthy lifestyles. This
is the dream He has for me. Thank you God!!

Dreams come a size too big so that we can grow into them--
Josie Bisset

What is God's dream He has for you? When are you going to start
living it?

Love yourself as God loves you. Connect to Him and watch how all
the right people show up for you in your weight loss adventures.
I'm so glad you were born.

Love and hugs,

Tami http://www.tamiclose.com http://www.closekeptsecrets.com