“Treat your body like a temple, not a woodshed. The mind and body work together. Your body needs to be a good support system for the mind and spirit. If you take good care of it, your body can take you wherever you want to go, with the power and strength and energy and vitality you will need to get there.” –Jim Rohn
Most of us wouldn’t think about skipping meals if we don’t absolutely have to for one reason or the other. When it is meal time we are
Our mind is always seeking input, sort of like E.T. it is always sending the message “input..more input”. Much of what we “put in” will have a direct effect on us and our spirit just as maintaining a proper balanced diet when we eat our physical food. The more you eat “junk food” the more you begin to notice the effect that it has on your body. You begin to get sluggish, despondent and the more noticeable consequence is when you begin to gain unwanted weight. We tend to gravitate towards junk food or fast food out of “convenience” because we simply do not have the material time available to stop and eat a more healthy meal…or so we think.
At the end of a long day, much the same as the convenience of stopping for a fast bite, we just want to relax and spend some time “chilling”. Often this means sitting in front of the boob tube and taking in what ever happens to showing at the time. Some are more “careful” and watch the news faithfully, several times a day. This may seem important, but the only problem with this is that the “news” that is shared is most often chuck full of negative stories that will end up running through our minds once we lay down to “rest” in preparation for the next challenging day! Just as the junk food will begin sending all that unwanted nutrition-void contents through your bloodstream!
It is VERY important to take into consideration what you fed your mind, and in particular before you lay down to take your rest or sleep at night. Your mind will continue to work while you are asleep, and what you have fed your soul will eventually begin pouring forth from your mouth, through your actions, in your attitude and overall perspective on life! You have heard the expression “you are what you read”, well this is absolutely true, and not only, you are also what you watch, and what you hear as it all gets absorbed into the fiber of your being!
So be mindful not only of your physical diet which, if you are, you will be able to remain healthy physically. But be just as mindful of what you feed your soul in order to remain healthy mentally and spiritually! Your body usually follows where your mind is going, so it may even be more important to watch what you put into your head. Input is very necessary for your mind just as food is for your body, in both cases you need to pay attention to what you allow in!
Do you feed your body and soul with good balanced and healthy diet?