October 21, 2023 – A

Our primary concern needs to be
living as good stewards of our health.

Health is not to be taken for granted, 
as though we can live anyway we want
and eat anything we like
anytime we feel like it
and be healthy.

What changes do we need to make
in the way we live
to live a healthy life?

That has to be the first question
we answer correctly
in living the best life we are capable
of living.

Sit down with your health
and what you are willing to do
in order to improve it.

The discipline required to improve our health
is an example of the kind of discipline
we are going to be required to get our life
aligned with what is good for us
throughout the scale of daily acts and deeds.

Time spent with the right kinds of
emptiness,
stillness
and silence is on the list.

Time spent being aware of our
perceptions and perspectives
is also on the list.

Time spent developing our curiosity,
interests, 
our capacity for wonder and joy,
reverence and awe...

We have to consciously, 
deliberately, intentionally
place ourselves in the presence
of the kinds of people and things
that call forth the best that is in us,
and reduce the amount of time
spent with people and things 
that play to the worst that is in us.

Health is a matter of awareness
and discipline.
Knowing what is called for 
and doing it,
reliably, dependably, relentlessly
is the theme of life lived well,
lived abundantly.

No one can do that for us.
It is up to us all the way.

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