When I started this blog in late 2014, I was in the early years of my inner shift. I had lived more than 40 years as if the same life. Sure, there were natural events, but also painful events, illnesses, physical and emotional pain. But I didn’t learn anything from all this, I considered myself a victim of fate, punished by God, a helpless person who constantly needed someone to help her, to guide her, with a drawer full of medicines for the multitude of diseases that had afflicted me. One day, however, I felt that I no longer wanted. What? This. This life. I didn’t know what I wanted in return. Something else. And this desire began to grow in me. I didn’t know where to start, what to do. Now I know that the Universe throws opportunities your way, but you have to make them come true. And sometimes to take a step into the void, not knowing where the next step will be. I took the first step into the void. This first step was the hardest, at first it amplified my fears, exacerbated my illnesses, added another chronic illness to my record. After a while, synchronicities began to appear in my life. Providential people who recommended me a book, a course, a path. I learned astrology, and that’s how I found out that man is not just the shell of flesh that we see with physical eyes, I learned to dance, and that’s how I found out that we can move and shape our body according to our will, I chose to take other steps, this time knowing that those steps are carrying me on my path. I know I still have many steps to take, and sometimes I’m impatient to move forward, but everything happens in its own time, in the rhythm set by the Universe. Over time, I got rid of all the painful and distressing symptoms of my illnesses: ankylosing spondylitis, asthma, recurring urinary infections, breast lumps, panic attacks, anxiety, and the gluten-free diet was a determining factor in all of this. I now know that there is no miracle pill, just as I know that there is no miracle diet to get rid of disease. I know that healing doesn’t happen overnight, just like illness doesn’t happen overnight. Everything happens gradually, as we understand with our mind and heart that everything is possible, and when we stop giving importance to the disease, when we stop putting it first in our lives, it will disappear by to itself. When we understand that it is not the disease that rules our lives, but we have the power over the disease, it will obey us, like a faithful dog, which we feed and take care of according to our desire. When we no longer treat the disease as an enemy with which we have to fight, but as a teacher, who teaches us a lesson, it will be our ally, who will be with us as long as it takes to learn that lesson. When we inform ourselves from different sources, but we choose to do what our body tells us, for our well-being, not necessarily following beaten paths, when we listen to our intuition, our diseases will improve.
I started the blog focusing on the gluten-free diet, which studies say helps improve symptoms of autoimmune diseases other than celiac disease, where this diet is mandatory. This diet has helped me, as well as other colleagues with ankylosing spondylitis. Now, after 5 years of blogging, I know that there is something else that leads to the amelioration of diseases, that “positive thinking” that is talked about so much. This does not mean that we stand in front of the mirror and tell ourselves how wonderful we are and how good we feel, but it involves something much deeper, an inner change that happens gradually. This is what I want to share with you. Gluten-free recipes will remain at the top too, as affordable as prices, preparation time and complexity. Oana Fără Gluten is me, with everything I have learned over the years, me, the one who wants to tell you that it is possible, that everyone has their own, unique path that we can discover together.
