Life's Turning Points: A message from yourself to yourself 

I have always been stubborn about the food that I chose to eat. All unhealthy food throughout my life had caused an obese me. But I have always had this stand like 'Who Cares!', I will live my life as I pleased!. So this stupid behavior of mine had cost me my health. And while I know my late mother was a diabetic patient, I choose to ignore that I am at high risk to get one.

Now after getting this diabetic ulcer foot on my left foot which I have been carrying for the past 3 months or more, I wonder what I could have done better to avoid this horrific situation. We experience many turning points in our lives, whenever we shift direction this way or that. Some turning points are conscious, others less so, But all involve turning away from one path and towards another. And they shape the self that you experience and define as “you,” along the way.

This can't be me, I always drank sweet drinks, Cappucino, Frappucino, Caramel Latte, Nescafe, etc. And lots and lots of sweet treats for me like ice creams, cakes, puddings, etc. And at the point of receiving news of my diabetic conditions, I recall feeling at that moment that something had just shifted in my sense of who I was; who I was becoming. My mind shifted to become a different me. It was a new awareness about who this “self” was, inside me; that I was no longer just the person I thought I was a moment before. It was a turning point in my consciousness about myself.

It’s a message from your inner or true self, to the self that you identify with. But often, people don’t “hear” what that message is, and what it means. Some might continue to ignore the signs and continue in the path that they thought were their right choices.

The turning points and decisions throughout your life provide a continuous message from your true self about what you need to face, resolve, let go of, or act upon. So in my case, I need to let go of my lifestyle and most importantly change my unhealthy eating habit. I believe I can heal my foot, only I can do it and can make sure this ugly foot recover!

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