Detox to restore Balance or A 20 lb bag of Life

How far could you walk if you held a 20 lb sack with one hand?

Most of us have learned to hold something very heavy in two hands or arms and to use our back to help balance ourselves.

Following my theme of Balance.... same truth is applicable whether we are taking in the physical, mental or spiritual realm.

Do you remember during the 60's (talking to my peer's)  when we had the Hippee and Jesus Movement?

Remember those with the gigantic cross hanging from their neck with a Bible in tow?   Although I grew up in the Church and even had the privilege of going on a mission's trip.... those people freaked me out.

Come-on.... get real!   Although the message they wanted to present was "hey, look at me... I'm a Christian"... we learned down the road that it was in a person's actions that they are known to be a Christian.  Even then.... people would judge others actions and then call the "imperfect"
      Christian a  hypocrite or mock them


Not sure why I'm on this subject.  My point was  and is BALANCE.....

If you believe in being Healthy and Eating Healthy... don't become a "NUT" (go to the extreme)
If you believe in being a Christian and walking the Talk .... don't become a fanatic-
   untouchable to  others.
If you believe in being a intellectual giant.... don't get so grand in your thinking that you eliminate  the
   simple people in your life.
If you choose to GIVE - do it "quietly"  as to not draw attention to yourself


Any way.... I choose to be balanced in my thinking, acting, reaching, loving.... giving...

So, when I think of a task or thought  .... I will remember the person carrying a 20 lb sack with one hand and then I'll STOP, BREATHE and GIVE THOUGHT if I'm balanced.

Ciao

LETS DO THIS TOGETHER!  I'll be the one on the Left, ok?

NOW... GO EXERCISE your body and while you exercise - place your thoughts in who you are spiritually.... meditate upon his word... pray and give praise  (accomplish two things at once)
THEN  GO EXERCISE your Will to choose life giving foods - colorful, fresh foods!

DRINK your water to detox your body  (kidneys detox our bodies)

BREATHE deeply to detox your body (lungs detox our bodies)

CAPTURES YOUR THOUGHTS - (forgivingness is  a detoxification)

HAVE a GRATEFUL HEART and Speak HIS word... Very Healthy! 

 Salute!  To your health and Wellness   

Poetry of Speech - Singing for the Health of your Soul

That music in itself, 

whose sounds are song,

The poetry of speech

~Lord Byron

Music moves our souls......directs our thoughts and Moves our bodies

It isn't any wonder why church services start with Music 

How about the music heard at a football game?

 the atmosphere at a Concert or  ballet 

Every car Must must have a radio/CD player

Restaurants, Hotel lobbies, Elevators, Stores.... 

Music filling the air..... 

Because Music touches our souls

the rhythm like the beating heart and the movement 

we experienced in our mothers womb

It stirs us, heals us, invigorates us.... unites us

This morning I captured a moment when I stood in the kitchen and 

found myself with eye's closed signing "out loud"  
(but softly so I wouldn't scare my husband)
... a hymn.

As I sang in that moment I acknowledged and relaxed my shoulders, controlled my breathing and focused my thoughts on the Savior of my soul.  It was so calming...

Then the thought occurred.... the healing, powerful qualities of our singing. 
It took me in that moment to another place.... 

refocused my thoughts

calmed my body... soothed my spirit

How amazing that the quality of our voice doesn't even matter... especially when we sing from our hearts.  It's true when someone sings from their heart it is appreciated (at least for a few moments)

How wonderful that at almost any given moment we can break out in a song.... 

OUR CHOICE to take our moment and find soothing peace....

Singing can take us into another world

ok.... OUR CHOICE to turn our world upside down by listening to up beat invigorating music.

I just saw a commercial for an exercise program "Zumba"... ALL about the music!!!

It changes the psyche! It motives.... 

I often wish my life were like a musical..... people just break out signing together !  

Dancing , singing.... LOL

  

Psalm 98

 ¹O sing unto the LORD a new song 

for he hath done marvellous things...

So, I impart to you today..... for your Health and wellness

Dance

     As though no one is watching you

           Love

                 As though you have never been hurt before

             Sing

                   As though no one can hear you

                    Live 

                           Live as though heaven is on earth

                            Laugh!!!  

                                 Laugh until you fall doubled over trying 

                                      to catch your breath...   

                                      (when is the last time you laughed like that!)

Ciao and Salute! to your health and wellness

Peanut Butter Bar thinking

I'm not exactly sure why I was awake at 3 am.... half sleep half awake.... thinking


Maybe it was that I made an ate Peanut Butter bars last night!  It was a recipe I collect years ago.  We had these Peanut Butter Bars at school growing up at the Cafeteria.  They were  either 5 or 10 cents a bar ...  and a small carton of   milk was 6 cents.... ahhhhh "the good ol days".

I realized that I had NO protein yesterday in my diet and I think that's why I was craving some "nuts".  I've been not eating hardly any meats.... Some Chicken and Turkey... Some Fish... but rarely "meats".  No special reason.  It's just I've noticed that since I honed in on eating more vegetables and fruits and whole grains.... I've not had a desire to eat red meats or pork.  Bacon and Sausage is consciously OUT of my list of healthy foods.




Back to what I was thinking when I woke.... and I can't get it out of my mind




Why was a thinking about the show "Glee"?   I've never seen a whole episode, don't even know really what it's about.  Go figure, it was the peanuts!


But I do know that I also was thinking about how we ask God for answer, miracles.... and when he brings us the answer we then seem to forget what and why we asked what we asked for when our plans seem out of wack.


The thoughts then came to me  about the Children of Israel.   Their prayers were answered  - God freed them from Slavery and took them out of the land of Egypt.


Then I saw them in the desert.  There were apparently thousands.... (what a group to move).  Talk about a very very long family reunion.... Yikes...


But, there they were out in the desert on their "way to the promise land"
They had no way to run to a CostCo for food.... No  Arrowhead Water Delivery in the Desert...


They HAD to depend on "miracles" every day to keep them alive.  God Provided!

 Exodus 16

²¹ Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. ²² On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers  for each person—and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. ²³ He said to them, “This is what the LORD commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’”

 ²⁴ So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. ²⁵ “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the LORD. You will not find any of it on the ground today. ²⁶ Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”

 ²⁷ Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. ²⁸ Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? ²⁹ Bear in mind that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” ³⁰ So the people rested on the seventh day.

 ³¹ The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

I was thinking about how GOD continually provided for His People.  MIRACLES!  

Ok, so he sent  Manna not a certificate to  Morton's Steak House.  

He Met Their NEEDS!  

 I  then was thinking about how today GOD provides for us... He Meets our NEEDS ... and sometimes our  even Wants. Yet.... we want to not rely on Him but on ourselves... then...

We're anxious.... stressed out.... worried....

All things that DRAIN our HEALTH

Although I'm awake at (now 5am)  I need to R E S T in HIM and his Mercy, His Love, His Care.  

I don't know his plan's for tomorrow but I know that all the plans I have for tomorrow Include HIM.  And if my life takes a few turns on the road I've planned out... it'll be Great because HE IS WITH ME!

Now,   I will go back to bed then wake up with a smile and a prayer that today 

I will MAKE CHOICES that produce a Fantastic Day!

REMINDER:  Balanced foods for my body, mind and spirit
                         Exercise my body, mind and spirit

My prayer is that God supplies "all my needs" and  all my wants will be framed within HIS WILL for me. 

No more wanting to bake "peanut Butter bars" !   LOL

Ciao

Salute! To your Health and Wellness

Fountain of Health and Wellness

It is as a heavy weight in my heart and a voice in my head.

When we spend as much time being concerned about our Spiritual Health 

as we do our "weight" and "looks" 

we  will find TRUE HEALTH and WELLNESS

When we spend as much time being concerned about our Internal Health

 (cholesterol level, colon, lungs, liver, heart etc...)

 as we do our outward physical looks 

we will find TRUE HEALTH and WELLNESS

When we spend as much time being concerned about our Thought Life 

as we do our "looks" 

we will find TRUE HEALTH and WELLNESS 

When we spend as much thought about how to 

please the Lord as we do trying to please people

we will find TRUE HEALTH and WELLNESS

How amazing it will be  if when we wake up we thought... Hummm what will I feed my Spirit?... what sounds good? I'm really hungry for the word of God?  

Instead of...  Hummmm what will I eat this morning... what sounds good to me?

OR 

How about when you look in the mirror  while getting dressed in the morning and you said...

 Gee Whiz.. how does my attitude look this morning?  

or Hummm how does that focus on my goals look  today? 

Golly gee... I think I see some lines of unforgivenss  forming on my face,  

Yikes... I better fix that before I go out today.

Point is BALANCE who we are

WE are BODY, MIND and SPIRIT

I want to see the world through the eye's of Christ

I want to hear the world through the ear's of Christ

I want to give to the world  the heart of Christ

Yes, I need to tone up my body and lose some weight

Yes, I need to strengthen my muscles

Yes, I need to eat more fruits and vegetables 

Yes, I need to stay alert and engage my mind in learning new things

Yes, I need to keep my thoughts in check that they are True, Honest, Lovely, and Pure

Yes, I need to be my own coach, team player, cheer leader and spectator and Play to WIN

Yes, I need to exercise my faith, 

feed my faith and become my faith 

This is just as important as 

feeding and exercising my body every day

I must do all these things every moment of every day

Therefore I need to equal take care of my

Body

Mind 

Spirit

Then I will truly have Amazing Health and Wellness

When I am healthy I increase my value to the Lord, Family, Friends and Community

I am free to Give

when I am Healthy and Well

Proverbs 4:23-26  

    ²³Watch over your heart with all diligence,
         For from it flow the springs of life.
    ²⁴Put away from you a deceitful mouth
         And put devious speech far from you.
    ²⁵Let your eyes look directly ahead
         And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.
    ²⁶ Watch the path of your feet
         And all your ways will be established

Ciao

Salute! To your Health and Wellness 

Who or What controls your Health and Wellness

OUR Health and Wellness depends on "WHO" or "WHAT" is ruling our lives.

Today I had to place my hands on each side of my head and repeat...

"I needed to feed my mind the Word of God"   

"I needed His Spirit in me to control my re-action"  

        I was facing stress and strife from a situation.

     Why did I do and say this?

Simply because sometimes circumstances and situations  do overwhelm us.  WE MUST TAKE CONTROL of how we "react".  I recognized my body felt the stress, my mind felt the stress and I needed my Spirit to feed my body and Mind with the Healing Power  of the Word of God.

Circumstances and Situations

Yet, that's what I had to do this morning.  It's not a "natural" thing to take charge how we deal with unhappy or stressful situations.

It's  natural to just "react"....... before we think about it.

 It's still all about B A L A N C E! 

STOP and BREATHE before you REACT!

Here, let me remind myself how to do this.

When something occurs that causes us immediate disappointment/hurt we naturally have to "REACT"

Our Minds reacts by our THOUGHTS that come pouring into our body and spirit

Next:  If the thoughts (reaction) are negative a whole cascade of chemical reactions are released into our body.... Hence:

Our bodies react by receiving these chemical messages....  REACTION:  Muscles become tense, 

           maybe develop tears or maybe our blood pressure rises... headaches.... maybe our "stomachs turn

          (indigestion- heartburn)... etc.    (various types of physical reactions)

Our Spirit's  reaction depends on it's own  "health"...   If we are rooted and exercise, and feed our  

     spiritual walk, then it will Jump into gear and react.  If it is weak from lack of attention... we will

     have to draw it out to tap into it's power.

all reactions have a Domino affect - that's a law of nature

whether good reactions or bad reactions.... domino affect

Is it "who" is ruling your life or "what" is ruling your life.

It's true that we can NOT be ruled by our emotions - that is a "what"

It's true that we can NOT be ruled by our circumstances/situations - that is a "what"

It's true that we can be ruled by our choice

           to allow HIS Spirit to be in us - that is a "who"

I do not want to be like a "boat"  that is tossed around by the ocean in a storm.

I want to be like a Palm tree - who's roots go deep into the ground.  When storms come I sway, but will not be broken.

My roots must be in the Word of God - He is my creator and cares about ME.

          I must feed and exercise my mind and body and spirit DAILY!  

Ephesians 5:18

....be filled with the Spirit

when I am  filled with HIS Spirit there is no room for  self pity, self doubt, hopelessness, anger, unforgivenss, a lack of tolerance or understanding....  All not nice "re-actions"

So to be balanced..... when I get hit with a storm of emotions or circumstances or situation

    "check if I am filled with HIS SPIRIT" or am I reacting in my own strength and spirit?

When I react with self pity, self doubt, hopelessness, anger, unforgivenss, a lack of tolerance or understanding THAT IS a SYMPTOM of my health and wellness  Physically, Spiritually, and Mentally.

If this (or more like when ) happens: 

I have to STOP, BREATHE and "get back into balance... Mind, Body and Spirit.

Always easy to see when we are physically sick... but a lot of denial when we see symptoms that indicate we are not "healthy Mentally or Spiritually". 

Symptoms of  an unhealthy mind and spirit: self pity, self doubt, hopelessness, anger, unforgiveness, a lack of tolerance or understanding

When you see these symptoms (reactions) then it's time to DETOX your mind and Spirit - 

Sometimes the symptoms mentioned can also be from being Physically unhealthy:

If you are depleted in vital Vitamin B's.... your ability to handle Stress will be thwarted

  due to a lack of energy and fatigue.... "that affects your ability to think and your emotions".

Please listen.... it's ALL connected!  Please  Balance your life.

Feed and Exercise your BODY

Feed and Exercise your  MIND

Feed and Exercise your SPIRIT

You can't neglect anyone of these!

Ciao!

Salutes! to your Health and Wellness