listening to me !!!

hi all ,ok so this is just a little something i thought i would share as it was an amazing but extremly simple experience that happened to me just yesterday , it comes under the heading of learning to connect back in with yourself ,to your needs as a human being and you body . rite so i was in town yesterday ,i had been on my feet for several hours and it was just about the time myself and a friend were going to head off for a coffee ,this is a frequent occurence and on the way my friend declared she was hungry and was going to pick up something in M&S to eat ,i went in with her as usual and watched as she began browsing around for something she liked ,i was as usual envying her ,wishiing i could do so with the same ease and freedom ,when my stomach began to growl ,not an unusual occurance ,this time however something was different about the situation ,a thought clicked in my head ,as clear as day ,i swear to god i almost heard it slot into place ,a thought so, so simple,i thought 'im hungry ,i should feed my body ' i know ,your all thinking' yeah ...so..?' but it was the strangest,most wonderful thing because i listened to that thought ,i acted on it ,i picked up something ,to my friends utter amazement ,i bought it,then ate it . now to many this is a mundane ,everyday ,non-event but to me it was almost like an epiphany ! I LISTENED TO MY BODY ,for the first time in god knows how long and it felt bloddy good! it came out of no where and gently tapped me on the shoulder like'hey sarah ,logic has arrived back from its long sabatical ,you can take it up again !' i did not think much about it that evening but today in a session ,i got to talking about it and i realised ,i was waiting around for these random signs ,looking everywhere thinking that positive recovery steps would appear to me in a white light ,shiny beacon of holyness but its really the every day miniscule thing that matter ,its all the tiny little steps put together that make up the big triumph ! the thing is it was nt the fact that i ate some sushi(thats what it was by the way ,i recomend it ,infact its one for the recepie book)it was the change in thinking ,that came back to me ,the respect i had for myself for my body by nourishing myself ,trusting my instincts . so i guess the point of my post is that ,you should always recognise the little steps ,the more miniscule ,the more you need to remember them and know that by listening to our bodies were beating the hell outta this condtion and showing respect to the amazing person we ultimatly all are inside , so there s my piece, hope it makes sense ,love to you all and lets start listening to ourselves ! you'd be suprised the good feeling it provides :) XxXxXxX XXXXXXXX Sarah