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Being in tune with your
mind, body, and soul and knowing how they work is the one most important thing
you can do for yourself. We know now that, the three work together. If
the body is ill, the mind and
soul are affected as well. If the mind
becomes ill the body and soul show the
stress of that. But, I
think the strongest combination showing the most illness is when the
soul becomes stressed. That seems to make the
body and mind crumble the
quickest. I, myself, have learned that first hand! But, it also works in
the reverse! When the body is healthy, the
mind is sound and the
soul is
happy. I am experiencing that now, I am happy to say. Keeping these three in
balance is a life long task. So, learning
how to do it and then maintaining it with little effort is very
important. We do have other things in life to accomplish! However, the
other things we are accomplishing will be enhanced and go much easier if
we take the time to be in tune with ourselves.
The first thing one must learn about being in tune with yourself,
is to be in tune with YOURSELF. When a person finds something that works
for them, they are so enthused that they want everyone else to do the
same thing. Someone loses weight using a specific
diet, someone joins a
new religion, or someone tries a new
vitamin. We also want to lose
weight, or find the happiness in joining a group, or want the benefits
that other person is enjoying from the vitamin, so we try it fully
expecting the same results. My Dad used to say that if a person
took mega doses of Vitamin C they would never have a
cold or the flu
again. That's because that is the way it worked for him. What happens is
sometimes we get the same results and sometimes we don't. Sometimes
nothing happens or we get bad results. The reality of this situation is
that each of us is unique. Yes, our bodies are alike in
structure and
the method they operate, but there the sameness ends. Each of us
have a different balance. Because of that you can take one
diet and try
it out on ten different people and some will lose
weight, for some it
won't make any difference, some may gain and some may lose too much
weight. Take ten different people, expose them to the same
religion or
group and get ten different interpretations of what that group is all
about. Some will embrace it entirely and find joy, others may be
left cold or violently disagree. Give ten people the same diet
regimen and there may be ten different results. Some it will affect
dramatically and others it may not. So, the key to getting
in tune with YOUR body, mind and soul will include finding what works for
YOU, using
those things, and not being discouraged when something doesn't work for
you that works for your spouse, best friend or neighbor. Remember, you
are unique!
Kristine Peterson
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