Junk In Junk Out!

      My last two posts concerning health and reaching your full potential dealt with the mind. Although I only scratched the surface of it, I feel it is time to move on to another area of importance.  Perhaps down the road we will touch more on the mind and positive thinking but let’s move on!  Hmmm …what do you think would be next in order of importance of taking care of yourself?  In my opinion, I believe next in line would be what we put into our bodies.

            To me, it is amazing that depending on what you eat or drink can affect your mood.  It took me a while to reach this point, but now when I eat a lot of junk food my body lets me know it.  Just the other day, I went out to eat and over did it eating at a buffet. Within just a short period, I felt tired and lethargic. Of course, this not only affected my energy level but also my mood.  I felt like I was just going through the motions of what I had to do for that day.  I am sure we all feel this way from time to time. Perhaps if not from unhealthy eating, then maybe when you are run down and sick? I am thankful that my body gives me these signs. It kind of like a check and balance system. Understanding your body and more importantly, LISTENING to your body will go a long way in how to improve your health.

                                               

                        Have you ever experienced the effects of driving a vehicle that has bad gas in the fuel tank?  Although it is the required fuel for your vehicle, it is bad fuel. Because of this bad fuel, your vehicle runs sluggish and may even stall on you.  Our bodies are the same way.  For the most part, whatever we eat or drink, our bodies will try to use it as fuel.  If it is healthy with nutrients, then your body will run stronger and longer. However if it is unhealthy, your body will run slower and with much shorter endurance. 

            So much to say in such short time! Stay tuned in and we will touch more on HEALTHY eating verse unhealthy eating!  Is this good medicine for you? It sure is for me! I know that this was no breakthrough post, but we all can use a reminder from time to time. Feel free to comment and share your experience. We all can LEARN from each other.         

Is Your Mind Trained ???? (Part Two)

 

 

          10 to the 2,400,000,000th power! Do you know what that number is? If you were to write out that number with zero's being 1 inch wide, you are looking at a strip of paper being 37,000 miles long. That number is how likely it would be to find someone exactly like you based on the DNA molecules. That is unique. YOU ARE UNIQUE!!! Since you are that unique, don't you really want to reach your full potential and fulfill your purpose in life? It is very likely no one else will fulfill that purpose. Reaching your full potential requires taking care of yourself and as stated in my last post, it all starts with your mind.   

            If you are anything like me, it does not take much for your mind to start stinking thinking. With all the negative around us, with the stress in the workplace or even at home, with the majority of the news on the television being negative, and often the financial struggles we face, it is no wonder why it feels like an uphill battle! So how can we get positive and better yet, stay positive? My answer to that is, surround yourself with positive!!

            Since negative appears to be naturally around us, it will take effort to surround yourself with positive.  The effort may seem overwhelming at first, but stay the path and eventually it will start becoming easier and easier (check out the saying on this blog about "sowing").  I asked a co-worker of mine today "How do you stay positive?”  His response was only be concerned about the things you can control and stop stressing about the things you can't control.  I think that is a very wise statement. I can't tell you how many times I got upset, worried, or stressed over something I could not change.

            We all have our own ways or techniques on becoming positive, but let me share some of mine. First off, I believe that if you start the day wrong than it will be more challenging to end the day strong. Start the day by doing something that lifts your spirits (reading, music, talking to a loved one, etc.). With me, I am a man of faith and I start the day with devotions and prayer.  Speak positive things in the morning and set the tone for the day.  Surround yourself with positive people, positive phrases/sayings, and put yourself in a positive atmosphere. If you want to be a success then learn from those that are successful. Lastly, before closing your eyes for the night, think of something positive. Don't allow the last thoughts of the day to be negative.

Check out Will Smith's perspective on life:

                                                          
Oh by the way that statistical opening in this post, I learned it from the book I recommended last post "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren.

http://purposedriven.com/books/pdlbook/#purpose

 

 Make A Great Day!!!