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February 07 BUILDING GOOD HABITS EASILYBUILD HABITS EASILY AND QUICKLY
My first creative writing teacher just visited. We had a great time critiquing each other's work and meeting with my writing group.
She has written an article entitled TEN BY TEN. I didn't get to read it but this is the idea:
Anything that you do for ten straight days will train your body to do that easily.
If you want to write regularly but just can't do it, pick a time and sit down and write for even five minutes for ten days in a row and your body will feel comfortable doing it so it become easier and easier. I've found this absolutely true.
If you want to lose weight, change your eating habits (eat less and especially less of the empty calories and more of the veggies) for ten days and it will be a habit and easier every day. I've proved this one too.
If you want to exercise and just HATE it like I do, pick the exercise you want to do (for me that would be walking) and do it for a few minutes at the same time every day for ten days. Your body will start to walk out the door at that time. Well, almost.
If you want to meditate or pray every day, do it for ten straight days. You'll wonder how you ever got by without it.
You get the idea. Now the bad news:
Stop doing it for ten days (less if you haven't been doing it for a long time) and the habit of not doing it will be back. So it's important once you build the good habit to keep it up.
Decide what area of your life you'd like ot improve and then go for it--begin doing it every day and keep it up for ten days and watch yourself grow.
Bless you,
Jeanne January 29 YOUR HEALTH--IT'S ALL IN THE ATTITUDEIT'S ALL IN THE ATTITUDE
To be on the way to better health, start reducing that total stress load (see previous blog) by changing how you think.
Your attitude is the one biggest influence on your health. You've heard this before, but do you believe it? It is a scientific fact that every thought we have affects every cell in our body.
I'd like you to think about a lemon. In your imagination, pick it up. Smell it. Now take a knife and cut a slice off of it. Put it in your moth and bite down. I can't do that without saliva flowing. There's nothing in your mouth--just the thoughts cause a whole cascade of physical reactions. You may have even puckered your mouth or shivered. That's one example of the power of thought.
What man has not become aroused by seeing a beautiful woman. The thought is all it took.
Scientists know that there are hundreds of filters between what is outside of us and what we are conscious of. The hypothalmus is the organ which does this wonderful service for us. We couldn't begin to be conscious of everything around us. Right now, you're probably not conscious of the chair you're sitting on--until I reminded you. But if that chair were to catch on fire, you'd remember soon enough. Our mind filters out most of the sounds, smells and sights around us--anything it doesn't consider important. BUT, there is NO filter from the brain to the body. Everything is considered important and every thought, every feeling goes right through to the body. After the loss of a spouse, a large per centage of people have a serious health problem within the first year. The stress caused it. What you think EVERY second affects your health. Want to live a long time? Watch your thoughts. How many times have you said, "I'm sick, I'm tired, or even I'm sick and tired of" or "I'd rather die than_______" "I'll proably catch a cold." Each of these thoughts sends a negative message to the body. And guess what, it helps you make that statement true. I've heard it said that dis-ease cannot live where love is. I believe that we'd all be healthier if more of our thoughts were loving. Especially we need to love ourselves. We're usually more critical of ourselves than anyone else; beat up on ourselves more. Laughter is also a great healer. There are testamonies of those who have healed themselves of cancer with laughter. Laugher massages many muscles and we don't know what all the other benefits are. We just know that laughter improves health. So watch a funny movie, read a funny book, spend time with people who love to laugh or read some good jokes. Do anything that brings laughter into your life. So for yourself and all those who love you: love yourself, laugh a lot, spend your time doing what you love and weed out those negative thoughts. THINK HAPPY AND GROW HEALTHY and you'll come soar with me to a life of greater health and joy. Bless you,
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