Your Health Affects Your Productivity

If you are showing signs of 'aging', it is just a matter of time before you look back and realize you've slowed down too. And it doesn't matter how old you are. I remember my 25 year old cousin looking really old and he was 15 years my junior. Those frown lines at 12 years old are wrinkles... Don't kid yourself. Once I knew I could do something about it, I got at it real quick. I'll never forget the look on my own face as my jaw dropped at the sight of my own reflection. After using an oral antioxidant for six months, every line on my face had disappeared. But what really mattered was that I felt good. How it really showed was in my productivity in my daily business. I wasn't back to my old self yet but this was a pretty good start.

The impression I would like to leave with you is that the sooner you act upon those little signs that your body is giving you, the more likely that you will experience an uninterrupted career and a productive one. If your ability to live a fruitful life has already been interrupted, do something different that works.

Truth

I am grateful for the technology of checking for truth. Truth can be ambiguous depending on the point of view. So I write here of the 'higher' truth that accounts for the best interest of all... including the malevolent. The descriptor 'higher' might appear to be subjective or even judgemental. However, now that we can measure a truth, it is 'higher' when it can be recorded to have a higher resonance (i.e. literally a higher number in log form).

With the ability to discern truth comes the opportunity to choose truth. Truth then can be reflected in my thoughts, words and actions. One becomes single-minded in purpose, specifically, to live for the best interest of all and everything. This path is not always the easiest but life is simplified and its gifts come in abundance.

Abundance Zapped

The body is not immune to violence in movies and the media. It affects each and every one of us because our physiological system doesn't know that it isn't real. If you are not noticing this, then you have gone numb from overexposure and essentially your survival instinct is not working. The only way to get that faculty back is to fast from the news, sports, TV shows, video games, the newspaper, music on CD and radio (not the music you or others create for leisure). You can fill in the rest.

You will likely have withdrawal symptoms including the strong urge and probably the action of discontinuing the 'fast'. Your mind will talk you into it and the body will unnerve you. Just breathe through it gently and with faith that it will pass and you will be more free for your effort. Then by all means, engage in your original activities or replace them with new ones.

New food (to me)

My diet as a child was so limited. Even when our family lived on the African continent, we continued to eat the same things we always had. Mangoes, for example, fell to rot on the ground there were so many, and we didn't eat that fruit. I remain confused to this day that my mother did not introduce us to more variety. Maybe we tasted things and she couldn't get us to eat them again.

I have since learned to eat turnips, kolhrabi, beat leaves and different grains. I had parsnips for the first time a couple of years ago and now grow them in the garden. Recently I have started to make teas with leaves from the yard. Wow! So fresh, light and generally more alive than dead leaves in a bag. And this year, I am introduced to avocadoes and follow the lead of my daughter. I am finding all kinds of ways to eat them. This is too much fun. I will continue to be open to new possibilities.

Bob the Plumber

I marvel at the gifts that literally show up at my door. Bob the Plumber is one of those gifts. What a lovely gentleman! And gentle is an apt description of this individual. Retired, he continues to help people out with the odd job for a small stipend. He enjoys being of service. I had the opportunity to see that he is lovingly appreciated by others too when we ran into someone he had 'rescued' just the day before.

My request to the universe was that I would like to learn how to solder. It came in a bigger package. Bob demonstrated and taught me how to set up copper and drainage pipes for a dishwasher. He answered every question I had with pleasure. That led me to watch videos on the internet and read a couple of plumbing books from the library. I plan to execute a couple of projects and anticipate that I will have some future repairs. I will be able to handle it. And if it is a big job, I will know what and who to ask.

Opportunity for a Lifetime Friend

Sometimes my daughter asks things of me and I could do it quite easily. However I am aware that if I do, that I would be taking away an opportunity for her to have an experience. Once she masters something then I happily do it for her on occasion even though she can do it for herself. This is one way I establish myself as her friend, by being friendly. More and more, she returns the favour. That is how one makes the transition from parent to lifelong best friends. People who watch us comment on our interaction and long for it in their own life. It is easy to replicate. Just copy the behaviors of a good example and enjoy the same abundance.

Multiculturalism

Once a year, I bathe myself in the dance, food and colours of a local multicultural festival. I marvel at the variety of ethnic groups within the world and in my very own community. Food tasting is a glorious if not a gluttonous activity... I usually have to fast for a couple of days. The whirlwind of colour as children dance in their native costumes delights my senses while the flavorful music courses set my cells into motion. Sometimes, I feel like I am remembering something of old that escapes me. It is truly an enigma that people all over the world do not have the peace that we have here. It is so easy to get along. Someone is always stirring up the pot and some of us are dumb enough to fall for it. Such lunacy!