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Inspirational Thoughts
October 1 & 15, 2000
APPRECIATE YOUR BODY!
October 1, 2000
By Shelia ShumateAre you taking for granted how flexible your body is when you bend down to pick up something, how quickly your body takes you to run off to catch a taxi or bus, the stamina to work in your yard, your mental to create reports for work or the vitality to play with your children? Think of the amount of energy we expect from our physical body and our mental mind. Go here, do that, always on the go or being in two places at one time.
Our body requires fuel (energy) to keep it running properly and what do we put into it, fast or frozen foods, junk foods, snacks which provides little or no nutrition. Our bodies require a lot of water and how much do we drink daily? What about rest and relaxation? Are our bodies getting the amount needed to operate properly? Its a wonder our bodies function at all, the way we sometimes treat it. Think of your car if you don’t respect it by
changing the oil, putting in gas, and giving it a tune-up once in a while, it will not perform for you and neither will your bodies, your bodies will shut down, through a weak point in sickness or disease.
What are some of the things you say about your body? Do you appreciate and respect your body, if so how? Do you ever thank your body for all the wonderful things it does? Are you grateful for being able to see, hear, taste, smell, touch, bend and stretch? If so, say so. Say it out loud, say it to your body, say it to a higher power and any way that feels good for you. Are you grateful for you mental clarity, your emotions, your inner voice? If so, say so and feel what happens to you when coming from that space of gratitude.Or are you always complaining: Why can't I run faster? I am so tired. My back aches. Wish I had a smaller nose. My hips are too big and on and on. Are you finding fault with your body, especially with what it cannot do, rather than praising it for what it does? If we took the time to praise our physical, mental and emotional bodies as much as we criticize them, can you imagine the positive energy we are feeding it? Our bodies want to perform for us, but as long as we complain, criticize and think of what it isn’t doing, it makes it difficult to be all it can be.
Make this a day to appreciate and respect your physical, mental and emotional bodies, tell it how much you appreciate what it does and Just Be!
LET GO...BUT WHY?
October 15, 2000
By Shelia ShumateLet go of situations filled with pain and hurt, let go of worries about the future, let go of negative feelings and let go of the past. All this hype about letting go, but how and why? How will it serve me? Some people say, “I am okay with who I am, why should I change?” Until you can answer that, it will be impossible for you to change anyway. There are others who want to know how to let go, though.
If your life is full of joy, peace, love, beauty and honesty, then great, you are an example for us! However, some of us are still striving for the joy and peace within and to experience love and beauty in all that we say and do. Let us keep reminding each other to let go, be all we can be in this human form and remember who we are.
I, for one, am striving to allow, accept, forgive and be thankful daily. To remember who I am; that I am love, I am divine. When I want to release a painful situation, I visualize the situation in detail, see what I was wearing, the surroundings and especially feel the emotions and feelings at the time. I visualize the people involved and see myself saying to each one, “I know you are doing the best you can under your circumstances for the amount of knowledge and wisdom you had access to at that time. I know you have had your own past hurts and pain that cause you to act and say things because of the pain within you. Because of your own lack of self-love, you strike out to others and I choose to forgive you
because I know you are striving to do the best you can. I choose to let this situation go into God's love and light. I surrender the situation over to the Higher Power, to God. I am a child of God and so are you. We are one, your pain is my pain, your strength is my strength. I choose to love, forgive and let go.”
Make this a day to letting go of any negative feelings and strive to be all you can be in the light of God and then Just Be!Check back every two weeks as the inspirational quotes, thoughts and poems change often.
Click on Dates for other Inspirational Thoughts and Messages
December 1, 2000 December 15, 2000
November 1, 2000 November 15, 2000
October 1, 2000 October 15, 2000
September 1, 2000 September 15, 2000
August 1, 2000 August 15, 2000
February 4, 2000 February 20, 2000
January 11, 2000 January 25, 2000
December 9, 1999 December 19, 1999