Why is it always assumed that there’s a “down side?”

To EVERYTHING?

I hear this sometimes…frequently from the Press: ”Well, Taylor, what’s the down side?”

How about, “there is no down side?”

How about expecting things to work well and easily and not looking for something to go wrong?

How about utilizing deliberate creation? That is, using your thoughts and your words to create that which you want in your life.

And let me tell you Sister, you don’t want to be lookin’ for no down side when you’re creating. Just SEE what you want. Really see it. Daydream, think about it, write about it, talk about it, and let the other thoughts and fears go.

Most recently, I’ve seen the “down side” brought up around food–raw food specifically.

We opened The Prana Café on September 4^th, 2009, to lines out the door.

When our chef moved here from San Francisco to head up the café, he sweetly warned Philippe and me “every restaurant loses money in year one. Prepare yourselves.”

I told him with confidence, because I SAW it my mind’s eye: “Prepare yourself, because we’ll have lines out the door from day one.”

He smiled at me kindly, but I could see it all over his face: “she is clueless, poor love. Just wait till she sees ‘the down side’ to opening a restaurant.”

Fast forward many months of construction, paint choices, and getting to know Newton politics, and we open to…drum roll please, lines out the door.

Our chef was not only stunned, he was overwhelmed and just a wee bit tired after 3 weeks of 20 hour days. No, he hadn’t been prepared. No matter how much I’d told him, his previous experience told him otherwise, and that is what he listened to.

What previous experience is telling you otherwise?

What is not happening in your life because you are stuck on what has happened in the past?

Now, The Prana Café is changing the way people think about raw food.  In the past, the press has frequently depicted raw foodists and/or the raw lifestyle as extreme, restrictive, and at worst, anorexic.  We are changing this stereotype.

We’re all about abundance and living the best life ever.  Ironically, we explain to the Press time and time again when they ask and oh girl, they do, there is no “down side” to this lifestyle.

People are always looking for ‘the downside’ because they think it is “inevitable.” They’ve been programmed that nothing can be ‘all that.’

But the raw food lifestyle can–and is.  And we’re here to teach people about it.

Philippe and I view ourselves as educators of incorporating more healthy and joyful living into your life through yoga; healthy, delicious foods; and deliberate creation.

Deliberate creation is quite simple. What you think creates your reality.  So as you change your thoughts to more positive ones, your life reflects that.  Immediately.  A yoga practice and eating the best food ever are tools to help you shift your thoughts.  It’s really easy. Just try it and see.

This is for everyone.  It’s all about starting where you are, and most certainly not about being perfect.  Perfection is a prison and we’re not into that.  Just start adding in, a little at a time—more healthy, delicious foods, more yoga, more good thoughts.

And watch what happens.