Aging Gracefully – Why You Must Plan Your Life!

A life that is planned out maximizes access to information and realistic options so people can maintain the best possible health status and address long-term care needs that they or their family members might have.

It also allows them to establish long-term security for themselves and their family and loves and contribute to pensions, savings, investments and public benefits especially to secure living arrangements that accommodate any special needs that they or their loved ones may have.

Take Responsibility!

They learn to take responsibility for the lives and welfare of themselves and loved ones without depending on government, friends and the welfare system which being a system is liable to fail, bringing issues, problems and calamities that could have been avoided.

Manage your health!

Managing your health and living a life of balance means a lot of people who eat anyhow and anything while young, believing it’s all in the game or that they are having the time of their lives need to have a rethink.

Most people believe that its wrong food choices or not eating right that brings about failing health and aging poorly.

 

They are only partially correct.

 

The human body as a machine is so structured that it has interconnections and every cell, tissue and organ is interconnected by nerves and muscles and so they communicate and interact in the same way as we do physically.

 

They are then all also interconnected to the brain which acts as this giant mainframe computer to which all cells are connected. The cells on their own are also mini complete computer system capable of giving and receiving impulses and acting on them.

 

Therefore the entire body is so structured to depend on the brain for guidance and whatever the brain sends as its message is what is carried out by the cells when the messages are decoded.

 

If not the next thing they know one health issue or problem after another keeps showing up in their lives and too many times they do not understand the role they play in their own problems.

 

Remember:

1. Balanced diet is compulsory and a must and involves the following classes of food:

·      Carbohydrate

·      Protein

·      Fat and oil

·      Minerals

·      Vitamins

 

·      Trace elements

·      Fiber

·      Water

 

2. Exercise which helps to keep the body running in optimal capacity by aiding the following processes:

·      Digestion

·      Metabolism and absorption

·      Detoxification

·      Excretion of waste materials

·      Blood flow

·      Ph balance

 

“Life is in constant flux and anything stagnant is dead”

 

Hence you have to keep the body in motion to keep the following alive and active:

·      Cells

·      Tissues

·      Organs

·      Blood Vessels

                                                             

           “We are as old as our enzymes”

 

Living A Life Of Balance!

Aging gracefully and living a life of balance is what a lot of people truly desire and most even desire it too without realizing it.

 

It simply means taking in the right food and supplements that nourish the body, aid metabolism, digestion and excretion and has the body functioning at optimal capacity throughout life.

 

“You cannot stop the changes of time, but you can modify your lifestyle and activity as you age, and it is good to know that help is available to maintain the efficiency of your healing system.”

 — Dr. Andrew Weil

Body Should Function At Optimal Capacity!

But to get the body functioning at optimal capacity it also means integrating the right thought and feelings into your daily activities.

 

Some would call it positive affirmations on a daily basis and this is key because of the spirit, mind and body connections.

 

Whatever thoughts we carry in our minds even for a fraction of a second can manifest into events, circumstances and activities in our lives without you realizing or understanding the role you played in creating the events of your life.

 

When you are young and vibrant, life is at its optimal peak and you can easily get away with a lot of things which includes but not limited to:

 

1. Wrong diet that includes food that are not wholesome for the body

2. Alcohol

3. Cigarettes

4. Wrong thoughts

5. Wrong emotions

 

 

 

Manage Lifestyle choices!

Managing our lifestyle choices simply means we are held responsible for all our choices as we go through life and the result is the condition or state of our health and aging gracefully and living a life of balance means that we have made the right choices in life and our health and vitality is boosted and we feel at “oneness” with nature and all life.

 

This correlates to choosing to:

·      Have a great diet with natural food, fruits and vegetables

·      Exercise to keep the body running at optimal capacity

·      Life style choices that aid the body’s growth and processes

 

There are certain lifestyle choices that are detriment and in the long run only produce malady, diseases and health conditions. They do not allow you to age gracefully and live a life of balance and they include the following:

§  Alcohol – this health hazard dulls the senses and weakens the human body

§  Tobacco – another health hazard that destroys the body making you age drastically

§  Medications that people give themselves (self-medication) without recourse to the health implication/side effects of such. They are usually not prescribed by a doctor.

§  Bad/Negative emotions – people don’t understand that a particular state of emotion when ascribed to for so long becomes themselves and ultimately causes diseases and malady. It’s better to have good emotions that allow you to be happy and see the beauty of life.

§  Synthetic/Processed food – a lot of people crave sugar like it’s their life without understanding its addictive nature and the effect on the body which actually degrades the body.                           This is same for others like butter, oils, too much baked food, sugary drinks and a host of others.                                                       

 

“Everything is good in moderation”

 

In all when you learn to take responsibility for your life and future and you choose to live a happy life filled with love and gratitude, eating healthily and not forgetting exercise then be prepared to age gracefully and live a life of balance.

 

I would love to hear from you or your thoughts on this post, please drop us a line.

In closing, i believe the wisdom below will serve you in life:

“Thank you God, for this beautiful day today. Help me to always see your love reflected in each and every moment, no matter how challenging life may be. Remind me to always look to my heart for the LESSONS and BLESSINGS in life”.

Jean Voice Dart!

 

These words of Inspirations from the enlightened ones will serve you even more:

“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being”.

Hafiz

“Within you is the light of a thousand suns, within you is unimaginable beauty”.

Robert Adam

“Don’t you know it yet, it is your light that illuminates the worlds”.

Rumi

“I am the light of the world. You are the light of the world”.

Jesus

“Your heart is the light of the world, don’t cover it with your mind”.

Mooji                                           

 

Taking responsibility and recognizing that we cause all of our core issues is not a reality for most people.

Taking responsibility to see life differently without justification, judgement and blame, rejection or anxiety, fear or anger would really help you in the long run.

Every condition, disease or disorder is a spiritual condition that has come up for review and to be dealt with and taken care of. Once the lesson is truly learnt and absorbed, the conditions or situation reverses itself and clears out and that’s when we say a healing has occurred and a miracle has happened.

Every problem preludes a negative thought and mindset so watch your thoughts and emotions carefully and guard them jealously.

Nothing can stop you if you have the courage, commitment and the discipline to move through your limitations.

‘Let yourself be drawn by the stronger pull of that which you truly love’

The purpose of life is to discover who you really are, know and create yourself and experience yourself as who you really are (not the body that houses you) as a part of the divine source to give and receive love and serve all creatures of the divine.

As long as you don’t or you refuse to see yourself as a victim then life becomes a challenge that you can overcome with commitment and consistent work and it will pay you back handsomely.

A lesson you avoided in a past life will be forwarded to the current life until you get the lesson right or understood the reason for it. Each time the lesson is more intense, than the last experience until you recognize it.

This is an interactive universe where we all work together in each other’s lessons and life whether we want it or not or whether we are aware of it or not.

Our fears always surface when we least expect it and when it does, its better to face the lesson and conquer it.

You can take back control of your life and drive it the way you would rather want it to be and have things and have things the way you want it to be.

It takes taking responsibility for all the wrongs that have happened in your life because whether you agree or not, you are held responsible for all your:

1. THOUGHTS

2. WORDS

3. ACTION

Nobody wants to listen to your cry of wolf or denial or victim mentality and it won’t take you far except you sit still, take stock of your life and determine and desire to turn it around and that’s where and when the answers or solutions come in.

If and when you are now truly ready to take back control and look out for the patterns and lessons in your life to understand the mind aberrations that are causing your problems and have taken control of your life.

That’s when the creative centers open within and you can finally have the tools to help you change the course of your life and manifest your destiny.

To succeed in life, you must refuse to see yourself as a loser no matter what the prevailing situation or condition might be and you evaluate what you can do to succeed.

The most important qualities are self-esteem, self-worth and self-confidence and that you understand that you are entitled to abundance in your life.

You can do anything you want to and be anything you want to, provided you believe that it is possible.

Victims do not hold that belief!

So ask yourself – are you a victim?

Sometimes a little help from a Therapist or Mental Health Consultant like myself and a host of others can help guide you on this journey into an amazing life that is yours and yours only.

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