If there is one thing I have seen over my 17+ years in practice it’s that the individuals who work on themselves have more to give to others. Whether it’s raising a family, working 9-5 or running a business, we all have in common that, occasionally,
we find we extended ourselves too much.
So many times that, in turn, leads to a crash-mentally, physically and/or emotionally. It’s all about you first and giving second. Is that selfish? I don’t think so.
In fact, I think self-care is the most unselfish action any person can take.
In the field of Chiropractic we view health from an inside-out perspective
— meaning we recognize that the power we have to heal comes from within, and that we support that natural ability to heal when we put good things into the body (our vessel) and remove anything less desirable. This could include stress or negative thoughts and certainly applies to eating
right and not taking in medicines and chemicals unnecessarily.
The focus from there is simple: Get out of the body anything causing symptoms and disruption of normal nerve flow, blood flow or even energy flow; and likewise only allow the best things back into your body.
So taking a moment to evaluate your vessel is critical before you volunteer for the next thing that needs support.
While the list of places to add your energy in a positive way grows constantly,
how does that compare to your list of positive intake items?
There are a number of suggestions that could allow us greater balance in this equation.
I have heard it said that we represent the sum of the seven people with which we spend the greatest amount of time.
Wow! Pick wisely right?!
Certainly that could bring us to a difficult decision point.
Perhaps there is someone who must be removed from your inner seven.
That may sound harsh, but so many of our diseases today have a base starting
with toxic bodies and unhealthy relationships. Unhappy people make unhappy bodies and unhappy bodies are sick.
They may not even look sick on the outside, but eventually you will feel it on the inside. In our clinic we will see muscle and joint aching or stomach distress, and while those are very valid complaints we may find out later about a loss or an estranged parent/child relationship or an unpleasant work environment.
And while we can work on the body, it is up to the individual to work on the mind.
Likewise let’s turn that around, studies have shown that people who live to be 100 tend to be connected with a social group that they enjoy regularly, and have good family relationships.
Yes, of course there are other factors that affect how long we will live. Now here is a premise we can all live by: If you want to live longer how about start by living happier?
Like so many pieces of advice, it may sound easier said than done. So perhaps by following some of the greatest suggestions of all time we can learn to help ourselves.
It doesn’t have to be new advice to be great advice. I like these: “don’t sweat the small stuff ... and it’s ALL small stuff!”; and the classic “don’t worry, be happy.”
Worry borrows tomorrow’s troubles and uses them today. And nothing can make us sick faster.
There is a connection between what we think and how we feel.
We have the power to control how we think, and therefore we have the power to control how we feel. I love the good feeling you get when you help someone else, and I love the look on someone’s face who has helped me.
To be a good giver you must be a good receiver. Remember that good feeling of giving to someone else every time you do something positive for yourself.
Good food, hard laughter, a sincere self-compliment, positive thoughts, lots of clean water, seven great people and a purpose in life. What a great equation that equals a great life!