a sign*

cafe gratitude in San Francisco, canon digital rebel xti

Last night I was in a space of seeking some clear answers. I gently focused my intentions while pulling a few angel cards. One of them was about signs; that I am about to make a decision and I need to ask my angels for signs. This felt right to me because we are indeed in the processing of making some decisions about adoption and I am craving a clear head space to do this.

Before we went to bed, I made sure I had some time alone. I laid there with candles lit and our faerie lights hanging on our wall were shining. I quietly connected with my guardian angels and asked for signs. Whenever I open up a space to feel their presence, I can feel them so easily. While the days move forward I can easily forget but when I give them time, I never feel alone.

This morning I woke up not feeling my best physically. The last few weeks I have not been eating as consciously as I normally do. I’ve been doing a lot of comfort eating; starches, take-out, not juicing as much or pouring love and devotion into our meals. As a result I feel sluggish, heavy, depressed and not as clean on the inside as I typically do.

I grabbed my tea and went to my computer and received an email from one of our favorite raw food restaurants, Café Gratitude. After reading through it, I felt completely rejuvenated. I took this as a sign from one of my sweet angels that I need to go back to eating more consciously because not only do I feel better but it resonates with how I want to contribute to our environment and to my body. Eating consciously also helps open my mind and heart when going through something difficult and I need clarity to move forward.

I wanted to share their email here on my blog with the hopes that it will do for you, what it did for us this morning. What a cool and inspiring project that these three employees of Cafe Gratitude (Ryland Engelhart, Conor Gaffney and Cary Mosier) are doing...

One day Frank Ferrante, a 54 year old Sicilian from Brooklyn, New York, stumbled into Cafe Gratitude. Little did he realize what was about to happen. After 15 minutes of sitting with Frank, Ryland sensed how deep Frank's sadness ran, and asked Frank the question of the day. "What is one thing you would love to do before you die"? "Well", Frank said, "I would love to fall in love one more time before I die, and with a body like this, I don't think anyone could ever love me."

Ryland said "Frank, give me 42 days of your life, come here, eat this food, take on this view of life and allow the transformation to happen. Frank said YES, the boys bought a camera and began documenting what has now become "May I Be Frank".

Here is a teaser.

Right now the film is in fina stage of production to be entered into the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, and we're calling on this amazing community to be a beautiful part of the completion of this powerful and transformational film.

We're looking for donations to help us complete this goal! Besides receiving our complete Gratitude for such generosity, everyone who donates will receive honorable mention in the films credits! There is also a private screening that will be scheduled for all those who donate.

Donate here.