Have You Considered Detoxification? Not of Your Body, but Your Life

Detoxify – to remove a poison or toxin or the effect of such from, to render harmful substances – harmless. In a health conscious society detox programs and products abound. You can detox your liver, kidneys, colon or blood. The purging of caffeine, stored waste, toxins of various kinds released from your body is – WONDERFUL! After hearing rave reviews from on a 28 day detoxification program, I decided to give a shorter program a try. The program would cleanse my bladder, colon and kidneys. I wondered in reading the instruction manual, if it wasn’t time for a life detox.

Now that I think about it – perhaps someone should package a life detoxification system. If packaged the label would have tag information that reads: for the purging of toxic thoughts, addictive behaviors, negative relationships of every kind, spirit damaging concepts and structures. It would further explain that the system is ideal for the obese in unconstructive, disapproving and damaging life practices. Package directions would probably also say - use as dictated by your life.

When the management of your life is too heavily influenced, delayed, altered or negated because of other _________ (you fill in the blank); you are a prime candidate for the life detoxification system. The first thing this LDS requires is that you spend sometime alone; cell phone off and no work in your possession. Now, it‘s important that you release those pent up emotions. For me, writing allows that. Your thing may be music, drawing, talking aloud – just do something to get the emotions flowing, let them stop at will. It’s now time to do your life evaluation. If ten is the high score and zero the low score – rate every facet of your life. Best friend to enemy. Most revered family member to last hired co-worker. Every matter in your life must be rated. In the evaluation phase you have to first define what is spiritually significant in your development and existence. Spirit, in this sense, goes beyond your belief in religion – it speaks to the inner place where your life is born and breathes. That place is established by God but ultimately nurtured by what you put into it.

Nurturing anything in your life that God didn’t intend to be, will lead to a need to detoxify. The LDS third phase is the beginning of elimination. According to your evaluation list, determine based on your spirit, what needs to be eliminated. A painful part in the process, you will be faced with purging loved ones and things that have become second nature. Part four is cleansing continuation; this elimination phase is honest reflection on the reason the people or matter in phase three have existed for so long and their teaching purpose. The redirection phase of the LDS, means you rewrite or write your personal mission statement and establish your goal list to achieve it. Interestingly, you will find that this means you now have to draw some new boundaries. Once the mission statement, goal list and boundaries are mapped out – prepare for battle; you will have to fight for you. Enter phase six by establishing a physical health plan so that you’re able to achieve new life without medical constraints. Finally, phase seven is the “I’ve detoxed and I’m doing things differently now.” This is where you begin to announce that some things, people and habits are no longer welcome in your world.

The life detoxification system is now complete. You will be challenged to prove this system worked for you. You will have your mission statement ridiculed and your boundaries tested. Take mental note because these things will be important when you utilize the system again; perhaps your emotions made the decision with the first use of the LDS – that’s acceptable. The important thing is your life detoxed, is a life that can be managed and life that can prosper in every regard.