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New Year.

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:42:12 GMT

Hello, 2009!

I haven't made any resolutions yet. Last year, I chose to not eat fast food all year. In 2007, I didn't take any sort of medications all year. (I had surgery that year but STILL refused). But this year, I have no idea what I want to accomplish. I feel like the last two years were just silly resolutions. I want something serious and something HARD. So, I haven't decided yet.

I celebrated at The Old Mill bar in Downtown, Littleton. I didn't intend on staying all night - I was only there to say goodbye to Billy for the second time this year. But after he left, I went back in the bar and stayed until it closed. I was with 12 really cool and fun guys whom I haven't seen in a long time. We were there until 2:00am and then we went back to one of their houses to finish off the night. It was exhausting, but surprisingly an incredible night.

I think I should start blogging again. It feels good to recall the mundane and seemingly insignificant details of my wild life. A friend of mine told me yesterday, "My life has been so weird since I met you. It's like I'm a character in your weird book". After she said that, I felt like I should write more of my weird life down so everyone can participate in it. So, here we go!

Here's two photos from New Year's Eve -

Tyler, Sean, Adam, Me, Rusty, and Cale.

Tyler, Pete, Adam, Sean, Me, Chris, Rusty, Cale and Tom.

It was a great way to start the new year and I'm looking forward to all that 2009 has to offer. I'll update again when I've chosen my resolution!

Peace and Love!

Hi.

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:03:41 GMT

I'm still here.
Are you still there?

Peace and Love.

Metta.

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:48:13 GMT

I suddenly have fierce insomnia. It has been making me crazy, so I've tried a few things to help. This Buddhist meditation prayer, along with yoga, has helped tremendously with my insomnia. It calms my brain so that I am at peace before I get into bed. The first night I tried the meditation with some sleeping yoga poses, I slept for 12 hours. It has worked like a charm.

The Metta Prayer

In order that I may be skilled in discerning what is good, in order that I may understand the path to peace,

Let me be able, upright, and straightforward, of good speech, gentle, and free from pride;

Let me be contented, easily satisfied, having few duties, living simply, of controlled senses, prudent, without pride and without attachment to nation, race, or other groups.

Let me not do the slightest thing for which the wise might rebuke me. Instead let me think:

May all beings be well and safe, may they be at ease.

Whatever living beings there may be, whether moving or standing still, without exception, whether large, great, middling, or small, whether tiny or substantial,

Whether seen or unseen, whether living near or far,

Born or unborn; may all beings be happy.

Let none deceive or despise another anywhere. Let none wish harm to another, in anger or in hate.”

Just as a mother would guard her child, her only child, with her own life, even so let me cultivate a boundless mind for all beings in the world.

Let me cultivate a boundless love for all beings in the world, above, below, and across, unhindered, without ill will or enmity.

Standing, walking, seated, or lying down, free from torpor, let me as far as possible fix my attention on this recollection. This, they say, is the divine life right here.

Brit and Mark.

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:11:42 GMT

Brit has a really sweet boyfriend. His name is Mark and they met when Brit was going to Conifer High School for a year. Here they are;

Sweet, huh?

And here I am, clearly enjoying their company. Kidding. I love them!

New Home.

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:24:06 GMT

Brit and I got the apartment we wanted in Littleton! It's gorgeous and it has an awesome balcony that wraps around the breakfast nook in the kitchen. It's spacious and private and just perfect. We move in on October 25th and we're very excited. Hopefully this will be a more permanent residence for us.

Peace and Love.

Hello??

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:24:06 GMT

Oh, there you are.

So, it's been a ridiculous amount of time since I've blogged. Life has been INSANE! I've been so busy that I can barely function. I'm working 50 hours a week and taking two classes this semester. By the time the weekend rolls around, I'm just useless!

Work is awesome. I love every second of it.
School is interesting. Psychology drives me CRAZY, which seems to be ironic. And I take Nutrition with a grain of salt because it teaches some pretty silly concepts. Nutrition is my major, though. I better take it somewhat seriously!

The gallery party a couple weekends ago was awesome. It certainly can't compare to the first party, but it was a blast. We played rock band for WAY too long, hung out by the fire and had some really incredible art to look at. It was great. AND, one of my friends is buying one of my photos!

Brit and I are moving again. UGH. Our lease is up soon and our roommate is moving back home, so we are forced to leave. The roommate situation was a disaster and quite possibly ruined ten years of friendship. But it's time to move on. We're hoping to move farther west into Littleton. I'll update again when I find out where exactly.

It's campaign season and maaaan is it intense! Some of you think we will go into a state of Socialism is Obama is elected. To those people I say that I would rather live in a Socialist country than in a SELFISH country. I cannot allow myself to THRIVE when people around me are not surviving. I don't want to live in a country where we ignore the people who need help, where we strip people of their personal rights, and where we put a higher priority on personal wealth than personal survival. That's not what America should be. So, I'll be voting for Obama because I believe he will restore our country after the last eight years of disaster.

I'm reading the Twilight Saga. It's fantastic. I'm having a hard time finishing the third book because I'm so busy and it makes me crazy! I just want to finish it so I can move on to the fourth! The books are consuming and I think everyone should allow themselves to become obsessed. It's worth it.

Brit, Mom and I are going to see Hanson at the Bluebird in November. How AWESOME is that?!? It's going to be wild and I can't wait!

I suppose that's a good enough update for now. I'll try to come by more often.

I love you all and I wish whoever was reading this would send me an email to say hello.

dc.worthington@hotmail.com
or
danielle@healingchoice.net

Peace and Love,

Danielle
Dani
Daner
DC
Red
Daniella
D-Dub
Me

Life.

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:14:56 GMT

I talked to a counselor at Life University, the best traditional Chiropractic college in the nation. I now know exactly what I need to do to prepare for admission!

I'm going to get a Bachelors in Nutrition with a minor in Biology. I'm working on some pre-requisites for admission this semester. I'm taking psychology and nutrition. Meanwhile, I'm developing my skills at work as a Chiropractic Assistant and learning as much as I can. I'm also heavily involved with Maximized Living and I hold it as my standard for health and wellness.

It's awesome! I've got a lot of school ahead of me, but I'm SO excited about where I'm headed.

Peace and Love!

Vaccines and Mary Tocco.

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:07:05 GMT

The coolest part of the weekend in Orlando for the Maximized Living seminar was the luncheon with Mary Tocco, an expert on the dangers of vaccines. It was so intense and overwhelming, even for me. I have spent a long time researching vaccines and how dangerous they are and I've even written two papers about it. The information was just insane.

Vaccines can only be grown on living, infected tissues. Once it has been grown, it is inactivated with formaldehyde or other agents. In 1950, only three vaccines were given to children. Now, in 2008, over 100 vaccines are given to children by the age of six. In 2003, the removal process of mercury from vaccines began. But in return for mercury, thimerosal was introduced. Thimerosal is a form of mercury and it is STILL in vaccines. (When mercury or thimerosal are applied to living tissue, that tissue DIES). 11,680,000 children's lives were at risk due to failure of removal of thimerosal and mercury from vaccines.

Gardasil was introduced by MERCK to help prevent HPV, but studies from the FDA now show that HPV cannot even cause cervical cancer. This vaccine has 675 micrograms of aluminum in it. There have been 2200 adverse events reported, 18 deaths, 2000 ER visits, 45 cases of miscarriage, and in just five months, 51 females were disabled.

Normal immune development is VITAL for infants. At birth, all of the organs are underdeveloped EXCEPT for the brains stem. Exposure to germs and bacteria need to be through the mucus membrane, being the nose and mouth. Injection bypasses the mucus membrane, which changes the timing of exposure and increases the number of illnesses. It takes SEVEN years to develop a strong immune system. Vaccines stop that healthy development. Natural body reactions to germs and bacteria are fevers, rashes, swollen glands, diarrhea and vomiting. Those are all ways in which your body is naturally working through overcoming the bacteria coursing through your body. Fevers are the MAJOR line of defense. With a fever of 102 degrees, your body is incapable of making cancer cells. Interferons are proteins that PREVENT viral replication and inhibit cancer cells. With a fever of 103 degrees, all the nutrition is stored in the spleen to starve bacteria. That means that not only can your body kill cancer cells, but it also moves nutrients to the spleen so that bacteria literally cannot develop into infections or sickness. But what do we do what a baby gets a fever? We give it tylenol to make the fevor go away and what does that do? It ALLOWS cancer cells to develop and it FEEDS bacteria, allowing it to develop into infections, causing a longer recovery rate for that sickness. That seems just absurd to me.

Inflammation is another huge misconception. If something is inflammed, we take an anti-inflamitory. But, inflammation activats the macrophage system to remove damaged cell tissues. It HEALS your body. Without inflammation, healing is incomplete.

The body is an intricate, amazing force. It knows exactly what to do and when to heal itself. It needs NO outside help. Interference only creates roadblocks in a potential lifetime of health. Vaccines are interferences. They deteriorate the immune system and cause it to be vulnerable. Infants don't need them. Children don't need them. Teenagers don't need them. Adults don't need them.

Health is INNATE.

Peace and Love.

Weekend seminar.

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:47:14 GMT

Last weekend I went on a four day trip to Orlando for work. It was for a Maximized Living seminar. There were principal and purpose traditional Chiropractors from all over the nation who are participants of Maximized Living, meaning there were about 500 people in one hotel that believe the same things I do about health. It was like a dream.

The seminars were outstanding. Tons of insanely successful Chiropractors spoke all weekend long. They made it a point to say that as a Chiropractor, you do WHATEVER IT TAKES to make sure you're there for your patients to help them regain their health. Whatever it takes. It was insanely powerful. They told stories of miracles they had seen in their offices. In one office, there was a woman who came in with leukemia. She was given 60 days to live. Her husband didn't want to pay for a year of corrective Chiropractic care because she wasn't expected to live that long. So he paid for eight weeks of care. By the end of the eight weeks, her white blood cell count had gone from 15,000 to 10,000, returning to normal. Her leukemia was gone. In that same office, an older woman came in who had MS and lesions on her spinal cord. She hadn't walked in 30 years. After nine weeks of care, they video taped her standing up from her wheel chair and walking down a hallway. Her MS was gone and she was walking again.

That weekend restored my passion for Chiropractic. It also helped me realize that my job as a CA is not just a job. I am there to take care of these people who have no hope. These people need me to take care of them. They need corrective Chiropractic care to restore their health. I believe in Chiropractic with all my heart and I KNOW it will be what saves people from their worst nightmares. It is the only true way to obtain health and I will spend the rest of my life defending that.

The difference between sports Chiropractors and purpose and principal TRADITIONAL Chiropractors is simple. It's LIFE AND DEATH. Traditional Chiropractors fix the cause, not the symptom. That's life and death.

The weekend was amazing. I'm on fire and so happy with my life. I love my job. I love the principal. I love living the principal. I'm VERY lucky for that opportunity and I just can't get over it.

Life is beautiful.
Cheers.

Peace and Love.

High tide.

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:49:18 GMT

High tides are dangerous. They're unpredictable. The waves are unforgiving. They will take you under without regrets.

My life is a high tide right now. It's harsh. It's putting me out of my element. It's making me break down. It has very intense highs and very severe lows. My life is changing so fast and the transition is so difficult.

I'm doing my best to stay strong and convince myself that it will be worth it because in my heart, I know it will be. But I broke down. I cried twice at work today. I feel unworthy and I feel like I'm not good enough. I am so tired and burnt out. I try so hard and I'm trying to listen to my own advise, but it's definitely difficult.

I've had a head ache for two days. I feel like this new job is so stressful because I haven't made it a part of my life yet. I'm still allowing it to be new. I need to settle in and make it real and part of my routine, along with my life outside of work. Routine is what I need. It will be what will save my sanity.

Last night, I read a blog that my good friend wrote called "I met Jesus, and he swore occasionally". It was her story of how she was in a very low spot in her life and she was saved by a stranger. The story was so moving that I balled like a baby. It was exactly what I needed. It made me feel so much better and I'm so thankful to her for sharing the story with me and anyone else who comes across it.

I need to figure out what it's going to take to make me survive this high tide. My heart knows all the stress and tension is worth it, but sometimes it's hard to work through it in the moment.

Tomorrow is a new day and I'm going to do my best to end the week on a good note because this week has kicked my butt, for sure.

I think about you all daily and I miss you all.
I hope I can catch up with all of you soon.

Peace and Love.
Always and Often.