Finding Importance...

Some of you may wonder why so much of my writing has to do with "thought" when this is supposed to be a HEALTH newsletter. Simply put, this was never meant to be simply a "health" newsletter. There's plenty of those. The title of this newsletter, and its slowly developing website counterpart, is INDWELLNESS meaning "LIVING (to indwell) in Wellness". You can have knowledge of every good thing for your health, but what makes it work is your daily second to second thought processes. In other words...LIVING the Principles of Maximized Living. Your thoughts ultimately determine your actions, therefore HEALTH begins with thought.

So I was thinking today about how peoples health has a LOT to do with the thoughts of the people surrounding them. If you've seen the movie "Patch Adams" you've seen how your attitude affects health in a very REAL way. It's impossible to be physically well while being emotionally sick. You CAN HELP. Every person you come in contact with depends on you to lift them up. In a time where MILLIONS of children and adults are on ADHD, Depression, and Anxiety drugs it has NEVER been more important for us to take regard of those all around us. Even when you cut somebody off in the street you measurably affect their blood pressure and cortisol (stress hormone) levels. Have you thought about that? If you want the EASIEST way to affect someone's emotional health, find what is important to them. For my two year old Jalen, it's watching him throw a beach ball up to himself and catch it instead of writing this newsletter. It was worth taking a break to watch him and to do another important thing to him, read his books before bedtime. He will be emotionally well translating to physical wellness because of it. For my wife, she enjoys being pregnant so taking a moment to feel the baby kicking is important to her. These little things that we get caught up not paying attention to, though they may not be important to you, are important to others. Take the time, listen, and react accordingly because you are making a very real impact on that persons "wholeness", emotionally AND physically.

PARADIGM SHIFT

Random acts of Kindness

This week perform a self test. Without taking YOURSELF into consideration (i.e. what's in it for me?), make it a point to make ONE random act of kindness each day. The earlier in the day the better. Evaluate what you feel like before, what you feel like after, and most importantly what that persons reaction is. The second level is taking a situation that make YOU angry, recognizing it, then making a random act towards that person. Again evaluate all parties involved before and after. Please share your results...