Happy New Year !
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
A Reflection and Time to Reboot
The following is a portion of my March 29th 2011 posting.
This is one of my most viewed post and I thought I would reflect on what I wrote. I want to start my 2012 year with my mind and heart preforming their proper duties.
"The main reason I don’t always feel good about the way I look and feel after all my hard work of living a healthier life is because my mind and heart are thinking and feeling in opposite directions, I think I have mistaken the purpose of heart and mind. The heart is like a compass; its purpose is to guide the direction our lives should take. Our heart takes a bird's eye view on our life and says “this is where you are and this is the direction you need to go.” Our mind, on the other hand, isn’t made for making purpose-driven decisions. The nature of the mind is that it conceptualizes, organizes and compares information. It does this as best it can and says “here are the facts, here are both sides of the story.” If we compare our mind and heart to a courtroom, our mind would be the defendant and the plaintiff (both stories) and our heart would be justice or the judge (the right direction). The reason we’re so troubled by this conflict of "Mind vs. Heart" is that the mind is not only playing the prosecutor and the defense, but has taken over the role of the judge as well. The mind should never be the judge. The mind's job is to compare and contrast. To sort things out and say “this is what I’ve got, do what you want with it.” But more often than not, our mind isn’t doing that. Our mind is making our choices.
What’s worse, is even when we don’t need our mind to be at work, it’s still going. Comparing and contrasting everything. Brooding, mostly. Have you noticed that when this is happening, your mind is getting in the way of your experience? Just a few examples of this that come to mind are: watching a sunset, or being with family and friends. A mind really doesn’t need to be thinking while doing these things. Sometimes I feel like my mind is going in so many directions and it's hard to calm it down. There’s no point at all for the mind to be doing this. Your heart should just be in the here and now.
I figure that my mind needs to give me all the facts that it has, or get the facts and give them to my heart. Then I need to listen to my heart. My heart will know what to do to. I need to trust my heart but more importantly I need to listen to my heart."
My mind will give me the facts, set up my menus and exercises program. My heart will make sure I live my Healthy Diva Lifestyle.
It's That Time of the year to, Reboot!
This is one of my most viewed post and I thought I would reflect on what I wrote. I want to start my 2012 year with my mind and heart preforming their proper duties.
"The main reason I don’t always feel good about the way I look and feel after all my hard work of living a healthier life is because my mind and heart are thinking and feeling in opposite directions, I think I have mistaken the purpose of heart and mind. The heart is like a compass; its purpose is to guide the direction our lives should take. Our heart takes a bird's eye view on our life and says “this is where you are and this is the direction you need to go.” Our mind, on the other hand, isn’t made for making purpose-driven decisions. The nature of the mind is that it conceptualizes, organizes and compares information. It does this as best it can and says “here are the facts, here are both sides of the story.” If we compare our mind and heart to a courtroom, our mind would be the defendant and the plaintiff (both stories) and our heart would be justice or the judge (the right direction). The reason we’re so troubled by this conflict of "Mind vs. Heart" is that the mind is not only playing the prosecutor and the defense, but has taken over the role of the judge as well. The mind should never be the judge. The mind's job is to compare and contrast. To sort things out and say “this is what I’ve got, do what you want with it.” But more often than not, our mind isn’t doing that. Our mind is making our choices.
What’s worse, is even when we don’t need our mind to be at work, it’s still going. Comparing and contrasting everything. Brooding, mostly. Have you noticed that when this is happening, your mind is getting in the way of your experience? Just a few examples of this that come to mind are: watching a sunset, or being with family and friends. A mind really doesn’t need to be thinking while doing these things. Sometimes I feel like my mind is going in so many directions and it's hard to calm it down. There’s no point at all for the mind to be doing this. Your heart should just be in the here and now.
I figure that my mind needs to give me all the facts that it has, or get the facts and give them to my heart. Then I need to listen to my heart. My heart will know what to do to. I need to trust my heart but more importantly I need to listen to my heart."
My mind will give me the facts, set up my menus and exercises program. My heart will make sure I live my Healthy Diva Lifestyle.
It's That Time of the year to, Reboot!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
What Is Peppermint Used for Today?
Peppermint oil has shown promise for a variety of conditions that involve spasm of the intestinal tract. Most studies have involved irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), for which peppermint oil has shown considerable promise. Peppermint oil may also be helpful for reducing the pain caused by medical examinations of the colon and stomach, as well for decreasing the intestinal gas pain that frequently follows surgery.
In Januarry of 2010, I was hospitalized for an acute episode of Colitis. One of things the doctor told me to do when I was released from the hospital, was to drink a hot cup of peppermint tea with each meal. He said it helps calm the tummy and bowels. To this day if my tummy feels off I try to enjoy a hot cup of peppermint tea. It works!
Hey, is this an excuse to enjoy a peppermint candy cane?
Happy Holidays
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Do Less, Spend More !
I have been trying to mentally revamp the holidays or at least I am attempting to. This is the time of year that I want to spend with my family and friends, I really don't want to spend it shopping all over town for the "perfect gift". I think the perfect gift is "time".....time reliving memories of the past (good and bad) and making new memories for the future.
My side of family has a yearly Christmas party and sometimes this is one of only a few times we get together each year. I wish it were more, but we all have separates lives and life sometimes moves so fast, you hardly have time to blink. Such is life I suppose. Anyway, I am looking forward to our yearly party. It's amazing how fast the children grow and how "gray" the adults are getting Ha, Ha! But, we will get to spend time together, even if for only a few hours.
The last couple of years I started a few new traditions with my granddaughter....building gingerbread houses and baking cookies to name a few. This time together is precious.
So with all this said..........I am trying to revamp how in five different ways. Again...... I am trying by, "Doing Less and Spending More".
Matthew 25:35-40 indicates how you can honor Christ on the day that represents His birthday.
Jesus: “For I was hungry and you fed me; I was thirsty and you gave me water; I was a stranger and you invited me into your homes; naked and you clothed me; sick and in prison, and you visited me.”
The Righteous: “Sir, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you anything to drink? Or a stranger, and help you? Or naked, and clothe you? When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?”
Jesus: “When you did it unto the least of these my brothers you were doing it unto me.”
My side of family has a yearly Christmas party and sometimes this is one of only a few times we get together each year. I wish it were more, but we all have separates lives and life sometimes moves so fast, you hardly have time to blink. Such is life I suppose. Anyway, I am looking forward to our yearly party. It's amazing how fast the children grow and how "gray" the adults are getting Ha, Ha! But, we will get to spend time together, even if for only a few hours.
The last couple of years I started a few new traditions with my granddaughter....building gingerbread houses and baking cookies to name a few. This time together is precious.
So with all this said..........I am trying to revamp how in five different ways. Again...... I am trying by, "Doing Less and Spending More".
- Do Less - buying of nonsense gifts that are never used or gets placed in some corner never to be seen again.
- Spend More - Time in my basement going through my gently worn clothing to give to the Salvation Army.
- Do Less - Eating of processed foods. Just sticking with homemade and home grown foods.
- Spend More - Time reading the labels on my grocery labels . I need to get back to this habit.
- Do Less - Time shopping at the mall or Wal-Mart.
- Spend More - Time walking around my neighborhood. The houses near me look like miniature Christmas Villages. Plus, the cool air feels great and it's good exercise.
- Do Less - Complaining about I feel. Knees, Weight, Menopause Symptoms and such.
- Spend More - Time in prayer. It definitely lightens the load.
- Do Less - Cooking ....... I mean do we really need a five course meal during the holidays
- Spend More - Time on a families and those in need. A couple of years ago we sponsored a family through the Salvation Army. I want to look into this again.
Matthew 25:35-40 indicates how you can honor Christ on the day that represents His birthday.
Jesus: “For I was hungry and you fed me; I was thirsty and you gave me water; I was a stranger and you invited me into your homes; naked and you clothed me; sick and in prison, and you visited me.”
The Righteous: “Sir, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you anything to drink? Or a stranger, and help you? Or naked, and clothe you? When did we ever see you sick or in prison, and visit you?”
Jesus: “When you did it unto the least of these my brothers you were doing it unto me.”
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