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Happy Healthy Living

April 28, 2009

Thanks to Organized A to Z partner Diana Fletcher, a stress-reducing expert, for contributing this week’s series – Six Steps to Happy, Healthy Living.

You want it all.  You want to look great, feel great, be great–and why not?  That would be wonderful!  But when you don’t feel good or accomplish everything you set out to do, it’s discouraging and stress-inducing.

I believe we have reached a saturation point.  We live in a busy world where things move very quickly.  In our multi-tasking madness, we have exhausted ourselves. The time has come to slow down.  We have to stop the constant moving, doing, and striving to be everything to everyone. We need to stop giving attention to everything and everyone that demands it.

Stop and Breathe. That’s right.  Right now, stop and breathe. Put your right hand on your abdomen and take a deep breath.  Breathe deep enough to see your hand rise.  This is how you want to breathe. But most of the time, we don’t breathe this way.  Some of us never breathe this way. When you are under stress, your breathing gets shallower.  Not enough oxygen gets to your brain and organs and you get tired or sick.  Is this how you want to live your life?

I believe it is time to create space in our lives for what is truly important. We have so much to do, and we want to do so much, that it is inevitable that all of it won’t get done.  So let’s stop driving ourselves crazy, and focus on what is truly important.

The most important step in your journey toward living a happy life lies in taking care of your health.  It doesn’t matter how much money you have because without good health, you cannot enjoy yourself or take care of the people and things that are most important to you.

We are meant to live happy, healthy lives. Take a few seconds to visualize that.  You are meant to move easily and breathe easily. You are meant to nourish yourself with healthy foods and healthy activities. You are meant to feel good and rested and healthy everyday. And no matter where you are on the continuum, you can get started today on living a happy, healthier life. Empower yourself.  Take control.  Make the decision that you are important and from now on, you are going to take care of yourself and your health before anything else. Your life and those lives you touch everyday will benefit from your good health.

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