As I came home this evening I was feeling unusually tired, and as I sat down although feeling very tired I started to write this article and found myself becoming engrossed in the subject and forgot about being tired for the moment. I began to realize that I had gotten reenergized because I was doing what my dream has been to write and inspire people.

I couldn't help but think of the issue of energy and a lack of energy which is something that I have dealt with for many years. Being overweight the last few years and having a lethargic metabolism and not being one to exercise on a regular basis, My main complaint for many years has been "I don't have enough energy." Feeling tired and run down all the time from running a household and working and having a private practice and at times taking care of everybody but myself.

I have been recently following the presidential debates and following the candidates on their issues more so than I have in past election years. Of coarse we are in critical times where everything seems to be collapsing around us so who gets voted into office and what will happen to this country, to me to my family and the future generations does seem to be more serious now more than ever.

I began to think about our energy and individually my issue with energy and what I needed to do to change this for myself as I am tired of being tired. I realized that this issue that we are all concerned about at this moment in the election of our dependence on foreign oil somehow reflects on a microcosmic level what is happening to me.

The dependency on Arab nations for oil puts us in a position to be at the mercy of the price determined by these nations and now by a tyrant in South America that hates the United States. As I sat and thought about this metaphor I realized and came to a very harsh face to face confrontation this week of my dependency on my negative thinking and how this has depleted my energy resources. Wow! We are dependent on foreign energy sources and on some level receive negative thoughts from these countries. Something seems wrong with this picture. So much talk about drilling in our backyard and looking for alternative resources. What would happen if we all collectively started looking at our own backyards of our thoughts?

No we are not an independent nation when it comes to this issue of oil. But am I an independent individual when it comes to my thoughts. Where am I getting my energy fuel from? I am starting to realize that this question is no different than the questions in many Americans minds, where can we get alternative forms of fuel in order to end this dependency.

This question turned into what do I need to change? Where Abetting my energy fuel from? What do I need to do to end this dependency on limited thinking? It really all boils down to what happened this evening ; when I am actively doing something to follow my dreams my passion , I was able to access energy that I did not know I had or where it would come from. For so long I have dealt with fatigue and lack of energy and of coarse carrying around a few extra pounds does not help. But all of this is to hide the fact that I was not doing anything to follow my true path in life. But as the old saying goes the "Proof is in the pudding." It was undeniable that when I chose to engage in a different thought other than " I am too tired to write" I was able to access alternative forms of energy. Maybe this is a strategy that the politicians in Washington need to apply. Sure did work for me.