Are you GROWING or DYING?? I am CALLED to LIVE, to LOVE, to BE who I AM

Are you GROWING or DYING?
There is a Universal Law that we see exhibited in Nature every day that says...You are either GROWING or DYING.... We see this in the flowers that sprout in the Spring, Bloom in the Summer and then Die with the first Frost of Winter. Growing....Growing.....Growing.....then Dying.

We see this in high speed when we go into our beautiful flower garden and decide to cut a flower from it's plant and bring it to our dining room table to add beauty to the room. As soon as we cut the stem, we hasten the dying process even though the beautiful flower will still look vibrant for a few more days....it has already begun to die.

So I wonder..... What about people???....I look around at women everywhere and have to wonder.... are we growing or are we dying. We begin life and learn to walk and talk and read and write and then we grow up and learn how to fall in love, we get married, we have kids, we learn how to be a mom, we go to college and get a job or career.... Growing....Growing....Growing

And then something seems to happen at around the age of 22 or 23 in my experience/observation .... Women fall into the ROLES of life.
"Mom"
"Wife"
"Doctor or Nurse or Real Estate Agent or Banker or Cosmetologist"
and they lose sight of WHO THEY ARE....
They hop on the hamster wheel of life and stop growing....
Go to work from 8-5, cook dinner, watch tv, go to sleep....
Go to work from 8-5, go to the grocery store, watch tv, go to sleep....
Go to work from 8-5, take kids to soccer, watch tv, go to sleep....
Go to work from 8-5, clean the house, watch tv, go to sleep....
Go to work from 8-5, do the laundry, watch tv, go to sleep.....

I see women on the hamster wheel of life and I wonder.....if they are asleep to who they are, if they have become only their roles, if they are no longer GROWING....... have they begun the long slow painful process of dying for the next 50 or 60 years????


I was pondering this idea preparing to go on stage in the Pacific Northwest a few days ago when one of my clients called to mastermind.... I tossed the idea out to her and posted below (with her permission) is a most eloquent reply
Thank you to my dear colleague and BraveHeart Sister LISA BUCKALEW

Hi Dr Sugar. ~~~~Thank you for the great conversation today. ~~~~
I trust you will embody the essence of life and the choice to LIVE! in your speech tonight. ~~~~~ Love, light and many healing hugs shared by all. ~~~~Awesome! ~~~~With love,~~~~Lisa Buckalew ~~~~Healing is in Art - http://www.lisasbotanicals.com

I have been sitting outside feeling myself as the flower in the vase on the table.
I am a flower.
Someone has picked me,
severed me from my mother the earth
and my days are short and numbered.
Facts of life, earth cycles and death..
I was going to die,
to sleep for a while in seed form
in the fall anyway.
This selection for the vase has simply accelerated the process.
Knowing that these next few days are my last
I want to make them my best.

My purpose.
To embody the essence of my life thus far,
my time in the meadow,
my time in the rain and my time in the sun.
To truly BE the beautiful and healing flower
I was born to be ...

I use all of my energy to pull water from the vase
up through my stem and then
using the last of my transformative powers
I push that water through my internal parts
and out into my petals.
I blossom to the fullest degree that I am able
and allow the peace of the meadow
and the rain
and the sun
to be displayed in full, beautiful, healing color
through that which I am.
A flower.

When faced with the inevitability of death
and then accepting it,
I chose to live out the remainder of my days to the fullest.

My message to the other flowers still in the field ...

Do not count the days until autumn,
make the days count.
What if you too are severed from the earth before you expected
and have only a few short days left.
You will want to know what it felt like to really live.
Wake up!
Live!
Feel the sway in the breeze,
feel the rain on your skin.
Feel the sun on your face.
BE who you are!
LIVE!!!


I AM CALLED TO LIVE,
TO LOVE,
TO BE WHO I AM
ARE YOU?
With Love, Wellness and Compassion,
Dr. Sugar

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