The photo above is the ‘health station’ at my home.
The flowers entered the home this week as a celebration of the renewed commitment to my health. They represent the ‘spirit’ part of mind-body-spirit…and they just made me happy.
This life experience living in a body is hard sometimes.
I knew when I started working at my new job I would get distracted and I did. I lost 40 pounds prior to that because I stayed laser focused. I put the work into the diet. I engaged in reading, conscious food prep, and conscious will-power when I was hungry but knew I shouldn’t eat. I know how to do it because I did it. With help from books and other people, and deep compassion for my life-long weakness, I proved to myself once again, I can do it.
Then, a year after starting my new job I went to the doctor for a second time. (the first checkup was pretty good) Oh yeah, I’ve been distracted by the work load, and all that is new that has entered my life. Did my weight creep up again? Yes. Is my blood pressure rising? Yes, and oh by the way, did my glucose for the first time in my life register as the lowest value of pre-diabetic (A1C= 5.7?) uhh drat.
My blood pressure came back down again, but my doctor is having me continue to monitor it. The A1C has me feeling very determined again.
Ok!
Distraction by work is no longer an excuse. I’m back on the strict diet and back at the gym. Ok, well my gym is closing, but I have already visited the one which will probably be the replacement, so the workouts will continue.
2023-2024 will be about mind-body-spirit continued balance. I find it exhausting when I have fallen out of balance, but in the course of my life, I have found every other dimension of life goes better when this is in balance. Opportunities surface. Relationships go well. Physical health restores and brings the gift of energy, strength and stamina, and life revolves more effortlessly and gently.
I know because I have been there. Now I am here. Soon once again, I will be there.
The goal is permanently this time… again.