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Making a NEWSTART Human beings are complex creatures. Most of us want to be happy, and to enjoy good health. However, this is not always as easy as it would at first appear to be. Some scholars would say that we are a combination of the physical and mental. Others would add that we also have a spiritual component. Here at Apples of Gold, we believe that good health includes the harmonious development of the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of our being. We believe that one cannot truly enjoy good health unless attention is given to each of these areas. The reason is that like a three-legged stool, each aspect of our being has an impact on the other two. If one leg is missing or weakened, the whole stool falls. In other words, our physical condition has an impact on our mental and spiritual health; our mental health has an impact on our physical condition, and our spiritual life; our spirituality has an impact on our mental state and our physical vigor. It is therefore very important that we pay close attention to how we are treating ourselves in each of these areas. Are we feeling stressed? Then we should examine our physical condition and our spiritual life, in addition to what we believe is the direct cause of our stress. Do we feel like our prayers just don’t reach up to heaven? Than perhaps we should also examine our thinking and our physical habits. They’re all intertwined. Did you know that we can even think ourselves into physical illness? My favorite author writes that many people are suffering from illnesses that are wholly due to their “imagination”… in other words, the kinds of thinking that they are doing. This statement doesn’t refer simply to those that we label as hypochondriacs. Remember those headaches you developed when the bills were overwhelming? Remember that nauseous feeling, you had just before the interview? Remember that blood pressure problem you developed while you were going through that divorce? Of course many others of us suffer illness because we are engaged in harmful health practices, which if corrected, would prove to be of great benefit to us, both mentally and spiritually. With this in mind, we would like to present to you the acronym “NEWSTART”. Each letter here stands for an important aspect of a balanced and healthy lifestyle. They include: good Nutrition, Exercise, the proper use of Water, Sunshine, Temperance, Fresh Air, proper Rest, and Trust in Divine power. Click each word to learn more about each one.
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