The Healthy Attitude
"There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them."
Clare Boothe 1903-1987, Author
Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent."
Marilyn vos Savant Author
"It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing of the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.'"
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1844-1911, Writer
What do all these sayings have in common? What do they have to do with getting healthy and staying that way?
The Healthy Attitude is one that acknowledges that not every day with have all the elements of good health.
You may back slide a little and eat half a cake. You may just put up your feet and watch TV for 6 hours. You may do all the exercises but eat 4 candy bars.
Look at the dates on those quotes. The same advice has been given over and over. You just keep on working at doing the right things. The only time you really fail is when you give up and stop trying.
I know, trying is not doing. In the world of fixing or not fixing a flat tire that may apply. But -- in the world of self improvement, returning your body and mind to optimum health, it is the daily or even hourly trying to meet that goal that really counts.
Each cigarette you don't smoke is a help to your lungs and heart. Each apple you eat is contributing to your well being. Each time you remember to take a CoQ10 or turmeric you are fighting against inflammation and helping your heart.
Concentrate on the little things, the extra 10 steps, the one healthy meal. Do not stress about the rest of the week or even yesterday. All you have is today and the small efforts you make today will impact all the tomorrows.
Joke
A man is driving down the road and his car breaks down near a monastery.
He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, "My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?"
The Monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, even fix his car.
As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. A sound not like anything he's ever heard before. The Sirens that nearly seduced Odysseus into crashing his ship comes to his mind. He doesn't sleep that night. He tosses and turns trying to figure out what could possibly be making such a seductive sound.
The next morning, he asks the Monks what the sound was, but they say, "We can't tell you. You're not a Monk."
Distraught, the man is forced to leave.
Years later, after never being able to forget that sound, the man goes back to the monastery and pleads for the answer again.
The Monks reply, "We can't tell you. You're not a Monk."
The man says, "If the only way I can find out what is making that beautiful sound is to become a Monk, then please, make me a Monk"
The Monks reply, "You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of grains of sand. When you find these answers, you will have become a Monk."
The man sets about his task.
After years of searching he returns as a gray-haired old man and knocks on the door of the monastery.
A Monk answers.
He is taken before a gathering of all the Monks. "In my quest to find what makes that beautiful sound, I traveled the earth and have found what you asked for:
By design, the world is in a state of perpetual change. Only God knows what you ask. All a man can know is himself, and only then if he is honest and reflective and willing to strip away self deception."
The Monks reply, "Congratulations. You have become a Monk. We shall now show you the way to the mystery of the sacred sound."
The Monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, "The sound is beyond that door."
The Monks give him the key, and he opens the door.
Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man is given the key to the stone door and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. And so it went that he needed keys to doors of emerald, pearl and diamond.
Finally, they come to a door made of solid gold. The sound has become very clear and definite. The Monks say, "This is the last key to the last door."
The man is apprehensive to no end. His life's wish is behind that door!
With trembling hands, he unlocks the door, turns the knob, and slowly pushes the door open.
Falling to his knees, he is utterly amazed to discover the source of that
haunting and seductive sound......
But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a Monk.
***
Until next time - smile
Sharon
(c)Answers For Your Health
Clare Boothe 1903-1987, Author
Being defeated is only a temporary condition; giving up is what makes it permanent."
Marilyn vos Savant Author
"It is not the straining for great things that is most effective; it is the doing of the little things, the common duties, a little better and better.'"
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps 1844-1911, Writer
What do all these sayings have in common? What do they have to do with getting healthy and staying that way?
The Healthy Attitude is one that acknowledges that not every day with have all the elements of good health.
You may back slide a little and eat half a cake. You may just put up your feet and watch TV for 6 hours. You may do all the exercises but eat 4 candy bars.
Look at the dates on those quotes. The same advice has been given over and over. You just keep on working at doing the right things. The only time you really fail is when you give up and stop trying.
I know, trying is not doing. In the world of fixing or not fixing a flat tire that may apply. But -- in the world of self improvement, returning your body and mind to optimum health, it is the daily or even hourly trying to meet that goal that really counts.
Each cigarette you don't smoke is a help to your lungs and heart. Each apple you eat is contributing to your well being. Each time you remember to take a CoQ10 or turmeric you are fighting against inflammation and helping your heart.
Concentrate on the little things, the extra 10 steps, the one healthy meal. Do not stress about the rest of the week or even yesterday. All you have is today and the small efforts you make today will impact all the tomorrows.
Joke
A man is driving down the road and his car breaks down near a monastery.
He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, "My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?"
The Monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, even fix his car.
As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. A sound not like anything he's ever heard before. The Sirens that nearly seduced Odysseus into crashing his ship comes to his mind. He doesn't sleep that night. He tosses and turns trying to figure out what could possibly be making such a seductive sound.
The next morning, he asks the Monks what the sound was, but they say, "We can't tell you. You're not a Monk."
Distraught, the man is forced to leave.
Years later, after never being able to forget that sound, the man goes back to the monastery and pleads for the answer again.
The Monks reply, "We can't tell you. You're not a Monk."
The man says, "If the only way I can find out what is making that beautiful sound is to become a Monk, then please, make me a Monk"
The Monks reply, "You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of grains of sand. When you find these answers, you will have become a Monk."
The man sets about his task.
After years of searching he returns as a gray-haired old man and knocks on the door of the monastery.
A Monk answers.
He is taken before a gathering of all the Monks. "In my quest to find what makes that beautiful sound, I traveled the earth and have found what you asked for:
By design, the world is in a state of perpetual change. Only God knows what you ask. All a man can know is himself, and only then if he is honest and reflective and willing to strip away self deception."
The Monks reply, "Congratulations. You have become a Monk. We shall now show you the way to the mystery of the sacred sound."
The Monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, "The sound is beyond that door."
The Monks give him the key, and he opens the door.
Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man is given the key to the stone door and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. And so it went that he needed keys to doors of emerald, pearl and diamond.
Finally, they come to a door made of solid gold. The sound has become very clear and definite. The Monks say, "This is the last key to the last door."
The man is apprehensive to no end. His life's wish is behind that door!
With trembling hands, he unlocks the door, turns the knob, and slowly pushes the door open.
Falling to his knees, he is utterly amazed to discover the source of that
haunting and seductive sound......
But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a Monk.
***
Until next time - smile
Sharon
(c)Answers For Your Health
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