Positive Steps I can take to live a Healthier Life
(sounds like a Self-Help book in the Bargain bin at Wal-Mart.)
I don't think anyone sets out to live an unhealthy life. Mentally or Physically. It's not like we wake up one day and we are overweight, lazy, negative, judgmental and downright snippy-ugly-unfun to be around type people
I'm pretty sure... it's a step by step process. You know, like mold. Mold doesn't just happen. It has to have all right elements in place. Then voila ~ You have green fuzzy stuff growing on your bread. And, I don't buy that phrase,"well, it's okay, you can eat it... just think of it as your homegrown Penicillin." That's just wrong on so many levels. Who really does that? My throat hurts, I think I'll eat some mold...says NO one ever! (off the point)
I want...... I want to be a lot of things... I want to change my hair, my attitude, my body shape, my smile, (that joker is crooked in nearly all my pics).... I want...I want....I want...to be content....I want someone to say Bibbity-Bobbity-Boo and it's done.. Whew! That was easy.
This is that moment, when you realize the chick in the white fluffy flowing fairy godmother get up, is just one big animation illusion that will never happen. That is just messed up.
Since I am the over the top "List" maker... I made a list (actually, I made the list during church. I was listening, and it somewhat pertained to what was being said. Let's just call it divine words from above, telling me to "write". Or it could be just a touch of ADD, that said... "squirrel" Write something down.)
Regardless, this was what I came up with. Now, this is my list. Not yours. Don't take my list. You can read my list, and even make wrinkled up nose-looks at my list. You may even delete me.. and I'm good with all that. I'm just saying everyone has a different list. So, don't make my list to fit your life. We are so seriously different.
I am responsible for what I eat and drink. Ouch.. Okay... that first one hurt.
* Lord, help me make healthy choices. Let the sugar and desserts pass by me with no attempt to hijack those bad boys and munch them down in seconds flat. That visual is never pretty. Okay.. now, I know I have said in the past.. like.. two days ago... that if you eat TWO Krispy Kream Donuts while they are HOT, and why would you eat them any other way.... they will melt so quickly, I'm convinced they mesh into one combined calorie. This is a false statement. Sue me. It has worked for me in my own little justifiable brain for years.
I am responsible for my choice of friends.
Lord, help me to surround myself with people who will encourage and lift me up toward You. The type of friends that will be honest with me when I am out of line and if I have lip stick on my teeth. A true friend will hug you even when you are seriously flawed and also tell you that "yellow" is not your color.
I am responsible for my thoughts.
Lord, help me to keep my thoughts positive and pure. It's easy to be judgmental to others in my own little mind. It's still wrong. I'm not perfect. Far from it. So if I delete you from Facebook, don't get mad. I'm just trying to curve my judgmental view of you. Just being honest. Help me Lord, to turn every negative comment into a positive Pollyanna type outcome. You can always think of something to be Glad about. Right now, I'm pretty glad that only my family a few friends who are bored out of their minds will read this blog.
I am responsible for my laughter.
Lord, I love to laugh. I laugh too loud, and sometimes when I shouldn't. But how I love to laugh!! Help me to laugh at myself and not get down when I do something stupid. Help me to find happiness in YOU and not in present situations. Life can be hard. Just typing that made me frown. But, it's true. Life can be hard, but Laughing can make a ray of sun shine through your ugliest moments.Carol Burnett use to make me laugh till my sides hurt. Harvey Corman and Tim Conway, it just doesn't get any better than that. That was just a public service announcement.
I am responsible for my time with God.
Lord, help me set time aside to read Your Word. Not to read as a "check" in my check off list... but to read, as building our relationship closer. I talk to You all the time. I know, I ramble a good bit. But, You are my best friend. Thank you for always being there to encourage and hug on me.
I am responsible for what I say.
Lord, I didn't like typing that one. Just sayin'. Help me to guard my mouth. To think before I speak.I want what comes out of my mouth to always be positive and uplifting. It's not. I tend to say what I think. Note: that's why "I am responsible for my thoughts" is up above. What you think-th, is what you say-th. That was written in King James-th.
Lord, just bring it to my attention when I say things I shouldn't and to apologies when I should, and stay quiet most of the times in-between.
If you stuck through this LONG blog.. I applaud you and I even feel like I should buy you a coffee next time I see you.
Here's to 2016 and a healthier and more positive me!!
