Monday, October 27, 2008

Exercise for body, mind, heart and spirit.

Today…..
Exercise your body: go for a walk or a run, practice Yoga, take a Cycle Fit class, go for a hike, go for a swim. Get your blood moving, and your heart pounding. Endorphins are powerful !



Exercise your mind: read an article from a viewpoint that opposes your own, learn about a topic with which you are unfamiliar, engage in debate and conversation with people who have greater knowledge, listen and process something new.


Exercise your heart: be kind to others who challenge your patience, offer to help out a friend who is struggling, be compassionate to those who are facing illness or loss, volunteer to do a kind act anonymously.



Exercise your spirit: read an inspiration book, listen to someone who has lived through challenges and triumphed, listen to music that uplifts you or brings you to happy memories, laugh at the silly antics of your pets or your children, roll down a hillside into leaves, find an avenue to engage the side of you that feels pure, unadulterated joy.


Enjoy your life…it’s the only one you will have to live. Make someone smile, and smile in return. You will be rewarded in innumerable ways.

1 comment:

Marcia said...

great advice, Ellen. I'm going to aim to check off that list today. :)