I was at the grocery store the other day, and there was a dear woman who was moving slowly, wheeling her cart by me. You could see she was struggling, and I noticed in her cart a couple of bags of chips and a bag of kale.

It caused me to pause for a moment, and I felt in my heart, what would I share with her if I could about the chips and bag of kale. If she asked me, what would I say? I went on shopping, a little confused about what I would say.

You see, we all have these challenges, the chips or kale in our life. What do we do with this? This is what I came up with.

Focus on the kale. Celebrate the kale. Make that kale salad the very best kale salad you’ve ever had. Love it. Savor it. Appreciate it. Give it all of your attention and begin to love it so much. That’s what I would do. In yoga, we say, where your attention goes the energy flows. Focus your energy and attention on that kale. Be in gratitude for the huge momentum of putting the kale in the cart. Celebrate your momentum, you put the kale in the cart.

That’s how transformation starts. By putting the kale in the cart. Whatever transformation you may be facing, celebrate that you put it in your cart. You have created great momentum by this act. It’s not small, no, no, no, it’s a the hardest step in many ways, beginning. Friends, put the kale in the cart.

I’d say to her, I’m so freakin proud of you for putting that kale in your cart, such huge momentum.

Then I’d also share this:

May we all put the kale in the cart. Whether it’s transforming health, a relationship, a job, finances. We start, we put it in the cart, we begin again and again, and celebrate the momentum we’ve created. Get after it, get that kale in the kart, get after that momentum. Let me know when you need me to tell you how freakin proud I am of you.

For the love of your kale,

Jill

(Please add protein to your kale salad too)