Spence Smith

Life is precious. We hear this all the time but do you really know how precious your life really is? Our bodies can take a lot. We can push ourselves to the limits and still live through it. We can hike to Mt. Everest and still survive. Our bodies are amazing. But then again, over time what we put into our bodies and our minds eventually takes its toll. Sometimes health issues come up that are inherited and other times its because of our own doing.

Our country is one of the most over weight countries around. We live in excess and excess is everywhere. We also live in a society that dismisses one problem for another. For instance…in my case, going through a divorce, I heard a few pastors preach against divorce and the sin of it while these same pastors were visibly over weight. So when I hear an over weight person come down on us divorced folks, I want to look at them and ask them how they feel about the sin of gluttony.

I feel like most people dismiss who important health really is. We are all given the opportunity to live a healthy life and yet so many of choose not to. I’m certainly guilty of this in the past. But also, there is something to be said for having good mental health. The physical and mental side of our lives go hand in hand. It’s our minds that help us to feel younger or feel like we can conquer the world. It’s the mind, I’m learning that gets a runner through those last few miles of a long 26 miles that gets you to the end.

Mind of matter? Absolutely. Matter of the problems you face. Yes!!! The way you think will play a huge part in decisions you make.

For me, as I have written in the past, exercise keep my mind sharp, clear, and focused. The exercise massages my brain. My brain helps me through the exercise. My body when it is tune with life, takes me to that next level. That level of saying I can get through this time in my life or I’m ready to do something completely different because I’m in a healthy place and I can handle it.

There are a lot of you I have talked to who have felt motivated to run or do triathlons. I’m thankful for that and am encouraged to have played a small part in you taking your life to another level. But for those who don’t run or do triathlons, you can still do this. You can make your life healthy and take yourself to a whole other place.

Find some physical exercise that you know you can attempt and go do it. If it makes you feel good after then do it again. Find others to do this with. Create some friendships with those who like to do it as well…and do it together. Create little goals for yourself and take it one step at a time.

One day you will look back and see where it all started and you will think…i used to think I couldn’t do this…and now I know differently.

If you know me, you know when I get excited about something, I want to share it with others. Health is not about a diet or what not to eat. It’s a life style and for most a lifestyle change.

Take a moment for yourself…do something healthy. It’s like milk…it does the body good.