Before We Were

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The next time you find yourself being short, rude, prejudice against a group take a moment to realize before we were “groups” we were the same.

Before someone told us we were white we were human.
Before someone told us to worship a man we were human.
Before someone told us to act black we were human.
Before someone said marry your own race we were human.
Before someone introduced the mystical and abstract existence of economics and wealth we were human.
Before someone said my life is more valuable then yours we were human.
Before someone said you don’t matter because you are too young we were human. Before someone said you are irrelevant because you are too old we were human.
Before someone told us to wear this or that we were human.
Before someone told us to believe one way is better than another we were human.
Before someone told you to stay in your own country we were human.
Before someone told us to love her but not him we were human.

Before someone told us we couldn’t change the world we were human.

Humans can change the world!
“Before we were” by #LibertyMadison

When you respect all of life you will begin to see the rippled effects. When you do not disaster awaits.
Choose life, love, and happiness
If you are ever unsure of what to do or how to move forward please ask yourself One question, What would love do?
You Only have two options in life
Love or Fear

No matter how sophisticated “Fear” looks. Always choose Love!
You will thank yourself!
I am not going to tell you its just about choice. No that’s a myth. Choosing an apple or an orange is just about choice. However affecting lives has two choices “Love or Fear”.

Thank you for reading this impromptu open letter and poem. It was written by me today July 23 in honor of a loved one. The words were flowing through me the moment my eyes flew open. It took me 7 minutes to write this piece and I absolutely adore it. I am thankful I had my Samsung Note right next to me in order to capture this moment.

And yes I do sleep with my phone!

#loveismyreligion #bekind #onelove
#protectlife #humanbeing #proLife
#humanrights #humanrace #weareone
Enjoy life!

Please link back and spread the love!
-liberty

Watch as this kid converts his mother!

An intelligent old soul shows the world what life is truly about.
It is about respecting ALL life and recognizing we are all here to live a life of peace. This child gets it!

Be sure to turn on English caption!

I adore him and his French accent!

If you have questions or tips please reach out to me I am always happy to help someone adopt a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle!
Message me at @LibertyMadison

Day Four

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#LibertyPresentsaJuiceCleanse getting geared up for day 4 in 10 minutes!
The #juicecleanse has been surprising easier than you might think. Im learning a lot. I am planning to do a #rawvegan once done. Although I am #vegan. I do not focus on health eating. I simply focus on compassionate food. All vegan food isn’t healthy or low calorie. Like everything its all in how you prepare it. You can sit and eat onion rings, French fries and Oreo and call it a day and its all vegan. But being #plantbased or raw its pretty healthy. Either way its better than the America diet so you still win!
The goal is 14 days! I have never done this before so please send your love!!!

If you are feeling like you want to move things along alternate days with a water fast. It is the speedy version of the juice fast! They say 1 day on the water fast equals 3 days on juice! Water fasting is NO JOKE! It will make you pray for a juice fast! I am thinking I may kick it up a bit and do a 24 hour water fast on Monday. Mainly because I know it will keep me in line on the juice fast. I am so tempted to steam some broccoli! But no! Ill have a life time of all the broccoli I can eat. This is now about will power and endurance. Failure isnt an option. This is something I can control

Juice Cleanse

Welcome to

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Liberty Presents A Juice Cleanse

The Goal

This is not a weight loss juice fast. This is a cleanse. We are clearing our energy, body, and soul to usher in new life. This journey is to bring clarity, peace, abundance, love, direction, energy, health, humility, and gratefulness to you. This is NOT a lose weight quick experience although you will lose weight. A goal of weight loss alone will not keep you motivated to avoid solid food. This is for those who truly desire more from life. To be honest if weight loss alone could motivate you then you would already be at your goal weight. I stress the importance of looking within and connecting with yourself. This is a time of reflection, declutter, clean, finishing task, completion, trying new things, and making new friends. This is so much more than a weight loss camp. This is the green light you needed to say YES! A true spiritual breakthrough. You will gain peace of mind, confidence, self esteem, and healing! Going 14 days without food is a test of endurance. And it’s also an opportunity to break habits and create your own way. When you remove dependency you realize capability

Why May 28

The new moon is a perfect time to clear out negative energy and usher in abundance. A fresh start.

The Action

We will juice and/or blend our drinks

Blend and/or juice Fruits and Vegetables ONLY

NO SOLID meals

ALL LIQUID MEALS FOR 14 DAYS

Drink tons of water and/or  infused water

Try and make 3 drinks per day. You can make it easy on yourself and make enough to last a full day but I never do that seeing as I have a nutribullet, it is designed for single servings

The Tools

You can use a blender (such as Vitamix or Nutribullet ) (Please note I will reference Nutribullet only because that is what I use for my drinks.)

and/or

You can use an actual juicer. A juicer extracts pulp from your vegetable.

Whats the difference?

The blender keeps all of the fruit while a juice separates the fruit. You will have pulp left over in a separate container if you choose to use a juicer.

For this cleanse you CAN use either a juicer or a blender OR a combination of the two. Meaning use the blender one day and the juicer the next. Or you can stick with one. This cleanse is designed to be a simple as possible. You do not need to be confused if you are doing it right or if you know what a blender is or a juicer is. BOTH are allowed! I will not be using a juicer. I personally have owned 4- 5 juicers but I just do not like the clean up so I will not use them. Also I do not feel there is a reason to separate a carrot lol. A carrot is fine. I have studied juicing and smoothies for years and yes I landed on Simple.

 

The Recipes Ideas

The formula for this cleanse is SIMPLE. If you follow me on Instagram you know I am all about simplicity.

The strategy is simple. A fruit + A vegetable + WATER = You are done!

You will only need fruits and vegetables that you enjoy. It is literally that simple

Take those fruits and vegetables and put them  in your nutribullet add WATER and go!

AVOID- cow milk, eggs, yogurt

USE- almond milk (if you need it) but I honestly think you do not. Just use WATER. Some of your fruits are in their natural juice so you should be fine. My can of pineapple comes in natural juice. I use that juice from the pineapple and add water! Protein powder is a great addition to your cleanse. Add in a plant based protein powder. I use Life’s Balance Plant Protein Powder Greens. Add a scoop to your drink.

wpid-20140527_214548.jpgIf you are hungry or to start off the cleanse I suggest adding oats or raisins to your drink. Yes you heard me add cereal! I add a hand full of it from my Trader Joe’s Box of their version of Raisin Brand. I do not do it all day or every day. But to start the cleanse off with that go for it! I will add a sample of how I make it.

  • Morning- Spinach, banana, pineapples, oranges, handful of raisin brand cereal or oats, plant protein, ice, water
  • Snack- Infused water with lemon
  • Lunch- Kale, blueberry, strawberries, bananas, ice, water
  • Snack- Infused water with oranges
  • Dinner- Spinach, kale, pineapples, celery, black berries, apples, plant protein, ice, water
  • Dessert- Ice, banana, pineapple

Remember to include a green vegetable and fruit. SIMPLE

The strategy is simple. A fruit. A vegetable. WATER= You are done!

I am only suggesting adding cereal on the first few days. Much like making baby food, you slowing introduce cereal into their liquid food so that you can introduce them to solid. We are going backwards 😉

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The Cleanse 

Aside from awesome refreshing life changing beverages you will begin to clear the clutter around you and simplify your life. I am listing 10 tips that I will doing. This is a great way to give you ideas you can implement in your own life.

1. Wake up 1 hour earlier than normal

2. Send follow up emails

3.Make a content calendar

4. Edit video and upload

5. Clean my closet and donate clothes

6. Meditate for at least 30 min a day – Ideally 1130p-12am

7. Write letters of love to family and friends (you do not need to send them or email them)

8. Create a vision board for your personal, family, professional life.

9. Mediate on my vision board

10. Send positive love, thoughts, energy to those for and against me.

The Community

You can find support and updates with people from all over the country. These men and women are taking a step to bring in abundance, clarity, and clean energy. The side effect is weight loss, but that is NOT the goal. Just a nice perk!

You can find the community at

Instagram.com/libertymadison

twitter.com/libertymadison

Facebook.com/TheLibertyMadison

JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP

Youtube.com/libertymadisonTV

I will post videos and answer questions

The Results

Please feel free to create Youtube video responses, Facebook post, Tweets, and Instagram post about your journey.

I am excited to be on this journey with you. This is such an authentic and honest exploration of the self.

WELCOME

Join me for 14 Juice Cleanse

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Join me #May28 for a 14 day #juicecleanse.
We are cleaning, clearing our bodies, energy, soul + welcoming new life! Why May 28? Its the #newmoon a perfect time to clear out negative energy and usher in new abundance! Join my facebook group. We have folks from all over the world supporting each other! I really need the support because the longest I have ever done a juice cleanse is 9 days!

What we will do –
We will juice and/or blend our Drinks.
Only fruits and vegetables for 14 days.
No solid food. Of course drink water.
You do Not need a #juicer because a #blender will be fine! Everyone owns one.
This is not a #loseweight quick experience although you will lose weight. This journey is to bring clarity, peace, #abundance, love, direction, energy, health, humility, gratefulness to you.
Weight loss alone will not keep you motivated to avoid solid food. This is for those who want more in life.
Joined me
Join the Facebook Group
It is called Liberty Presents A Juice Cleanse

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1608218172736741/
#meditation #highervibration #vegan #xvx #sugarfree #nutribullet #vitamins #vitamix

Trust yourself. You were born with the answer

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I often forget to trust myself. I sometimes trust others more than listening to my own intuition and guidance and it falls short. You always know what’s best! If you are UN sure then Listen to whatever answer brings your highest joy. The best (right) answer or solution brings life, joy, peace. There are NEVER exceptions to that. When you talk yourself into going against it you are betraying your soul. Its truly that simple!
Being kind, compassionate, and loving is Always right.
Being “right” by political standards change with the changing of the guards.
Be true to your highest good!
A #LibertyLesson
#newlife #selflove #prolove #prolife
#SiliconValley #familyfirst #womensright #humanity #animalrights #vegan #savealife #girlsbelike #loveofmylife #ThatTechGirl #realtalk #lifehack #eckharttolle

Is my Heart in Texas?

Is my heart in TEXAS?
The brain is such an amazing entity! Today, I sat down at my laptop to get on craigslist and my hands automatically started typing “dallas.craigslist.org” I was like WTH- I have not been to that site in years, its always sfbay.craigslist.org.

Then last month at an event this guy asked for my phone number and without hesitation – a blink or sigh- I said “214.682… oh I’m sorry I don’t know why I just did that, my actual number is 415.937…” I’m sure he thought I was not giving him my correct contact info.

Guess I had Texas somewhere in my spirit …. so hello folks in Texas!

#HalfCalifornianHalf Texan

Yes I am the only one on that HASHTAG on Instagram

@libertymadison

Trader Joe’s Meatless Chickenless Morsels – What the WHAT!

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Trader Joe’s is a healthy food store that most people absolutely adore. They are unlike their competitor Whole Foods, better known as “Whole Paycheck”. They offer EXCELLENT healthy products, friendly atmosphere, service with a smile at a economical rate. You can’t beat it!

Products used
Vegetable Fried Rice (serves 2) at $2.29
Meatless Chickenless Mandarin (serves 2) at $2.99
Total meal for two at $5.28

Makes an excellent meal! Eat as listed or chop an onion in there once in a while!
EXCELLENT Vegan Dinner
Cooked in the Ninja Cooking System

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Quick Vegan Meal
Quick Vegan Meal

June 28: Why I am a Californian. Ode to a Grandmother who saved my life

June 28, 1919

Today is my grandmothers birthday, well my great grandmother. My grandmother died before I came around these parts. The details of her death haunt me to this day.

Today, June 28, I have always remembered because my great grandmother loved to go to Sizzler on her Birthday! She is the reason I am a Californian. She moved from Louisiana to Arkansas (where her parents were slaves/sharecroppers), at the age of 16 or 18 she left her family and moved to California!

Fast forward a few decades and here I am.

That’s the simple version

June 28, 1919.

I recall it like it was yesterday, she was in the kitchen on the phone with her friend planning her trip to Sizzler, and I thought she did this before,and in that moment I looked up at a wall calendar hanging right by the yellow rotary phone, June 28 was circled and it was her Birthday! I was 5. I never forgot it. I never forgot her.

I was not her favorite person in the world. She said I looked too much like my daddy,which was unacceptable to her, but it didn’t matter to me if she liked me first, second, third, or fourth, she was family and I loved her.She literally saved my life.

I was almost killed as youngling and I guess on an energetic level that is why I was drawn closer to her. The woman who literally saved my life. The details of which still haunt me to this day. I never truly understood how courageous she was but I do now. If it were not for my Great Grandmother I would not be able to write this post.

Thank you June 28, 1919

From your eternal friend June 28, 2013

Grandmother Love
Grandmother Love