“if the goal is important you should never give up, you just change your approach.”

“If a chronic illness isn’t clearing up hen do something you haven’t been doing, such as working more with the mind and emotions.”  I suppose I haven’t done enough work with my thoughts and emotions!

“…shaman [is] a healer of relationships between mind and body, between people, between people and circumstances, between humans and nature, between matter and spirit.” Because I believe in self-healing, I need to become a shaman – according to the Hawaiian tradition of Serge Kahili King and not that of Fenella  Canorell, nor that of Jaime Licauco not even that of Fr Belita.

Last Monday, when I was feeling unusually peaceful and not anxious but feeling well, I decided to check my blood pressure which i have not been doing for weeks. To my dismay the reading was very high.

I changed the batteries of the machine because in the past the readings were inaccurate just before the batteries died.

With new batteries, the readings were still very high. But i did not panic. I refused to text my husband nor to call my favorite security guard at the lobby.

What was the point of going to the hospital when I was symptoms free!

Next morning I asked my husband to use the machine. It was normal. I used it after some time and the readings were still very high.

That same morning, my husband assured that I was not sick, brought me to the mall. I walked a lot, with my cane of course.

Today is Wednesday. I still am symptom free.

This sounds strange. Eerie. But years ago, I touched the rim of our dining table and the whole oval rim just fell off. And it was not even metal.

I have titanium on my left hip. Don’t tell me I have become a bionic woman with very high blood pressure reading and feeling well!