You are what you think

Well it's back to real life after a fabulous holiday weekend. . .which also just happened to include my 28th birthday. It was an amazing few days (minus the 8 hour long hangover on Saturday) with friends and family, eating and drinking, playing games and eating some more. I've decided we should get a 3 day weekend like that at least once a month. It's good to have some time off to really relax and enjoy time with others and, especially over memorial day, to reflect on how blessed we all are. I feel like we get so wrapped up in thinking about what we don't have or how mad we are at some one about something that happened 10 years ago that we forget about all the good things in our lives. Granted, at times it's hard to find any good things, but they're there. You just have to choose to focus on them no matter how big or small. I'm trying to focus my blog on my journey to become healthier and a huge part of that is emotional health. I don't think you can maintain physical health if you aren't emotionally healthy as well. You are what you eat just as much as you are what you think. If your thoughts are of gratitude, peace, and joy then that is how you will approach situations, even tough ones.

My new years resolution this year was to simplify. I didn't specify what I wanted to simplify because I just overall wanted to clear the clutter, literally and not so literally. Think of how great it feels to clean out your closet at the end of the season (boys might not get this). It lets you see what items you may need to buy and what old ratty clothes you need to toss. It's a good thing to do mentally too. Toss out the old grudges, greed and mental clutter and suddenly you have all this energy and space to devote to the things you were missing. On my own personal journey I've tossed a lot of stuff out - including really ugly clothes from high school. I've forgiven people who probably never even knew they needed forgiving, I've quit being jealous of others for the way they look and the things they have and I'm learning that the way I look and the things I have are perfect and the things themselves really are just that, things. I have a whole new mental peace with my life and I would like to think that radiates to the people I'm around. I don't do stress or drama, it's not worth my energy or time, both of which I never seem to have enough of. It really is easier to forgive, forget, let things go and laugh it off. You will live a longer and more fulfilled life. . . .I'm sure there is some study somewhere that would prove me right :)