Day 1 of Shining Brightly Fast

Hi everyone!

i'm sooo glad to be back from my temporary hiatus. i am excited. well, this fast has officially started as of now and i'm feeling like now is a good a time as any to have this adventure. as i said in my previous post, on some days i will be mixing the Water Fast with some juices too if i need the energy because i will definetely be needing maximum energy to get a lot of things done.

right now i feel a lot of things. sometimes i am not sure which thoughts and feelings are truly my own and which of them are imposed from things outside of me that i am not really aware of. if i fast, i think that i can find out what is truly me. i wonder if i will really care though. that is a funny thing to ponder.

strangely, i feel really close to the people on this forum even though i don't know nor have i met anyone here. it doesn't matter. what matters to me is that i am on this journey with OTHER people and that makes this fast something to be 'shared" which is pretty important to me because usually i am totally alone when i am fasting and it can get a bit intense and rather difficult to not be able to share what i feel. wow.. this forum is so amazing. i've been reading some of the posts here and its been encouraging me a lot.

people here are really respectful of others and where they are at. i like that.
this place is actually the ONLY place on the web that i found (recently) to be a real and 'regular" support. this is great. i feel like i just walked into a field of gems... i think i have. thanks everyone for keeping this going. nice to meet you all!!

My goal is to be able to smile and laugh more. life is so short. this is where everything lies.

ella