Alchemy!........

I love the word Alchemy......I am a word nerd through and through lol;). It is such a cool word and the meaning even better..... "to transform the nature or properties of (something) by a seemingly magical process." I feel as if my new life has catapulted me into the business of alchemy, and alchemizing any chance I get.....the other morning when I was working out I was wondering how so much self discipline has found its way into my life? Sort of marveling at it.....because it has seemed to arrive out of nowhere these last couple of years?? Self discipline means the correction or regulation of oneself for the sake of improvement......also my new path.....and the truth is there is a part of the Taurus spirit that is very self disciplined.....it is just in me....nothing I can take credit for.....Tauruses are steadfast and disciplined in ways that many other signs are not....but also indulgent lol:) Tauruses love luxury and indulgence, so I have had points in my life where I have battled finding my way to a goal via self discipline due to that indulgent nature......I have never been this self disciplined in all of my life.....never......not even close.......the fact that there is no possibility of me not blogging or completing my workout in the day to day is something I marvel at......and I am adding things to the list more and more.....and I think this level of commitment I have made to these things and to myself arrived through alchemy.....alchemizing my need for control in my life.....which I realized I don't have......and instead I got to focusing on the things I could, and here I am.......a powerful shift......but alchemy can happen in so many places of our life.....taking something that perhaps is a bit challenging or problematic and seeking to transform its pieces to make it suit our lives better.......making it magical.......it is so beautiful to think of......and we are not the things that happen to us......we really are not.....or the cards we have been dealt.....or the things people do to us, or don't do.......we are what we choose to do with that.....what we DECIDE......what lives in our hearts and minds.....all of that......and I sometimes wonder about my newfound sense of hardcore self discipline.....if it will stay always....now that I have figured it out.....or what makes it stick? Or is it a decision......what is its source??? All questions I do not know the answer to.....and really I guess those answers don't matter.....I am taking my newfound self discipline and applying it to my new car too, seeking to keep it spotless lol:) My kids are banned from eating in it for now unless necessary, ie road trips ;-) and I am taking the same principles of all of that, and applying it to the areas of my life I want to improve.....alchemizing some more;-) while still allowing ease and fun and levity to live in my heart and soul.....self discipline gets a bad wrap.....perceived as stuffy and no fun....and that just isn't true.....it is the balance of both I suppose......Kids are with their dad again this weekend due to the juggling of schedules....so today will be a mix of that self discipline and my indulgent Taurus;-) and fun and function and alchemy! Enjoy the day today! Happy Saturday:)