THREE things....

Today  back on the road.... 

my journey.... 

my focus.... 

my belief.... 

my strength... 

ME! getting it together

a picture worth a thousand words and thoughts
She is in the moment outside in the fresh air and sun shine  ready ...
on top of a hill.....and  her thoughts are shown on her face in a smile
arms open and raised ready to receive and being showered with blessings from above

Physical
Mental      THREE things that make it all go round and round - when Balanced
Spiritual

Physical:

  MUSIC to stimulate my mind, body and spirit .... PUT IN ON in the morning
Music that calls to my spirit to Wake up, focus, tugs on my belief of who I am!
Motivates me with it's rhythm and tones

STRETCH and STRENGTHEN - 10 push ups and 10 squats - JUST DO IT!  everyday..... NO excuses.  That is the baseline everyday.

Eat foods that bring me strength, life and energy today.  Oatmeal for breakfast, Salad with protein for lunch and Soup for Dinner.  Fruit for my 3 snack (@10,3,8).  Stick with 200 calories for each of my meals and snacks.

HUG - yes touch, hug, kiss, hold hands.... physical contact for health

Mental:  

NO dumb dumb mindless stuff today - READ, LEARN, GROW...

Capture my thoughts today.  When I start to think of something sad... Pray
When I start to think of something negative - turn it around
When I start to think..... make sure it's uplifting positive and true

Spiritual:  

Seek and Find opportunities to proclaim what I believe.  Be and live who resides inside my heart.  May my actions match my words.  I believe I'm here to serve and worship my creator.  He is LOVE therefore I am a reflection of his LOVE in words and actions.

Now, stop with the excuses.... put on my big girl panties and just do it.... when I fall it's because I'm unbalanced.  So'll Ill brush myself off and get up and do it again.  I will not fail!

I have the desire and I have the 

power through my Savior 

to conquer this day for my

Health and Wellness.

Today I will slay the lions that come my way
Protecting those God has given to me to lead and care for
My Arms ready to give him the praise for  my accomplishments
for with God all things are possible
Do it for Me, Do it for Him
Do it for Health and Wellness

Salute!  To your health and wellness

PS 

in this picture David needed to be physically strong and healthy!  But without the inner strength from the God  and the mind filled with who he was in the Lord

that he served he would lack the courage to slay the Lion.  

WE ALL HAVE Lion's that we are up against......

Another example of the type of health and wellness we all need to strive for.... True?

It's time

During this journey I have discovered
Many things- truths I believe

Here is one
We are born of a sinful nature - no that
does not mean we are naturally mean cruel
People
It means we seek to be our own Gods
Do it "our way" (ah, sing it Franky)

So, changing our patterns/ habits
Takes more (in my estimation)
Than just our self will

We need to tap into the spiritual
Realm to gain strength to change

I absolutely must " balance"

If I focus on physical I forget
Spiritual or mental food/ exercise

Since I'm typing on my iPhone

The point is I need to go backto
Blogging on each area or I miss out


So

So , sew your pants

Ciao

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