Wine Doesn’t Have Calories… Does it?

Last week was, of course, another new moon… New moon, new beginnings.  The energy that it brings can be extremely powerful. 

Fresh starts are encouraged: a little push for a new project, a new vision for your life or letting go of what doesn’t serve you.  It’s like a mini new year’s resolution any old time you want and the fun part is that we are lucky enough to have a new moon every few weeks.  I always celebrate the new moon with a new bottle of wine.

Take advantage… drink it in.  

For me, this past new moon is helping to bring me into focus what is truly important to me right now.  Passion, health, support… adventures… wine… FUN.  

So I got back to the gym (again), I’m finding time to mediate (anew), I’m trying to care for my heart (tricky) and I’m reflecting on the passion, sanctuary and promise my body holds.  

Superficial?  Not at all.  

In my humble opinion, we live through our bodies, our senses, our emotions and our lives truly are bound by the care we give to these things.  It’s a matter, not necessarily of ability, but of respect.

So, I’ve been taking inventory of what I am eating, thinking, feeling and putting out and in, including cutting out the destructive parts… I thought I was doing rather well, and then someone said to me, “Well, that’s nice, but I guess you won’t be able to drink your wine…” – UM, pardon me??

How confusing.  I shook my head.

Must wine be part of that?  (I know I need to watch out for the tequila shots, certainly, they make me kiss boys), but WINE?  Isn’t wine the good stuff?  Doesn’t it encourage my creativity and passion?  When I drink wine, I often find myself painting, writing, and listening to jazz.  I write screenplays in my mind and have long luxurious bubble baths, privately preparing for my Oscar speech or the band I will one day be the front (wo)man for…?  I plan exotic trips, I savour my food, I cook amazingly well… and I dream. 

Do I really have to stop drinking to be ‘healthy’? 

No. Absolutely not.  Now, I won’t speak for everyone, but after considerable deliberation I’ve determined that, for me, wine infuses my passion and sometimes, is passion… in liquid form. 

So rather than cut it out, I plan to keep studying, learning and embracing it!  In fact, I’m going to encourage my closest friends to as well.  We will share in the drinking… and the dreaming. 

I will commit to eating better, 

to working out more consistently, and to mediation and yoga.  I will garden and buy locally and cook beautiful food, respect my body and explore my passion.

But I will also be drinking my wine, even if it means an extra 20 minutes on the treadmill.  Besides, if you do all that, wine doesn’t really have calories… does it? J