Who DOESN'T Want to be Healthy?

Motivation to create a healthy lifestyle

Who doesn’t want to be healthy? First what does healthy mean to you?

You might start out with a list of health relating to how you look, how you feel, what activity you can do and what your energy level is like. I think there is no one ideal image of health- it is all based on what you want to achieve and picture as ideal health for you.

So write out a clear picture or list of what you would be, do and have as a healthy person.

Next- why? Why is it important for you to have a healthy lifestyle? What happens if you do not support your body and mind with healthy choices?

Finally- yes we all have our health challenges. It can be genetic, a disease process, a struggle with arthritis. This I think is the most important choice about your own self image. Are you a healthy person who happens to have a health challenge? Are you defined by your disease or health challenge? It seems like a small difference. I think it drives our actions and our beliefs about who we are and how we live in our world. We can not trade in our body for a new one. You can get some new parts with surgery, which still has to function with our own basic body type and system. What we can manage is our treatment of our body and our attitude towards it.

I invite you to explore your attitude toward your own physical self. How does that affect your daily choices in self care ?