More often than not, those making extremely healthy decisions are the ones that had some type of wake up call:
Diagnosed with some sort of cancer.
Realized he couldn’t play 10 minutes of basketball with his son.
She noticed that her blood pressure was higher than usual the last 2 times she stopped by the monitor at the local pharmacy.
He realized that the list of foods that he could consume was getting smaller and smaller, so thought he would go to the doctor to see what was going on.
The list goes on and on. What I wonder is this:
Can you make healthy decisions without a wake up call?
The results of living a healthy life prior to a wake up call are much more fruitful than waiting till the bottom drops out to plug the hole. I have 4 simple steps that will help you delay or never receive that wake up call:
Get you spine adjusted if there is a subluxation, because subluxations are detrimental to health.
Eat better food, because it’s better to supply your body with energy it can use.
Exercise because movement is what your body was made for.
Think, because a mind was meant to be used, not spoon fed.
I forgot to take my vitamins this morning. I just was in too big of a hurry, and didn’t remember to take them. I did remember, however to do my stretches, but I didn’t actually DO my stretches. I know I am suppose to stretch in the morning, my massage therapist once told me, “What is the first thing your dog does in the morning? They stretch, and so should you.”
Now I am at work, and I am suppose to meditate in the morning. Well, I arrived here too late, and it’s Monday…so, there are a lot of emails to catch up on. So, I skipped out on the morning meditation. I know, I feel bad about it…I really should stay in check.
At lunch I planned to workout, maybe I will skip and grab some BBQ instead. What is one meal gonna hurt?
Then I realize, to my relief: Although many decisions I make every single day may not support a healthy body, I am pretty darn healthy despite this.
Does it mean that these actions actually are not healthy for me? Of course not. We know what is healthy and what is not, however we also know that our bodies have an amazing ability to adapt to stress. This is what my innate intelligence can and does do when it is able to function without interference.
I may not meditate every single day, or even stretch all the time, and sometimes I eat unhealthy, or have an alcoholic drink. I will not ever skip on my chiropractic care. Chiropractic adjustments allow my natural, inborn adaptability (via my innate intelligence) to work at its peak, even when I stress it with poor decisions.
To get healthier, you have to get rid of unhealthy habits. I know it sounds simple, but stay with me for 2 minutes on this important, simplistic truth.
A lot of diets, and “strategies” to lose weight or to clean up your health do not utilize the most important factor in becoming healthy:
You must let go of bad habits and poor tendencies, in order to create a healthier life.
Why do most strategies not embrace this simple truth? It’s not sexy. Yep, it’s not really that interesting, it isn’t flashy, and it would be easier to try to sell you a “miracle” pill.
Listen, it comes down to this:
You were made for a healthy existence. Therefore, if you are not healthy, then something is in the way.
Chances are, you do not need a magic pill, a potion, or a fat burning capsule. The health you desire also desires you. Your good health is constantly striving to be realized within you. The natural tendency to the human existence is health.
Remove the interruptions to this natural, normal healthy state, and experience what you are meant to experience.
I returned from a small town in Nicaragua this week. There were many things that were quite a bit different than our usual day-to-day routines. However, I would like to talk about one in particular: toilet paper (TP).
TP is such a simple product. Near everywhere you travel, you will see TP. Sometimes TP is rough, sometimes it is soft. Sometimes it is thick, and sometimes you find it thin. Sometimes perforated, others a continuous roll.
One thing is for certain with TP:
Once you get use to a certain quality, it is near impossible to be satisfied with an inferior experience.
Health can be thought of in a similar fashion. When you experience the results of a quality chiropractic adjustment, your quality of life changes for the better. Your health simply deserves to function without interruption from a subluxation. When a quality adjustment is given, a subluxation clears, and quality of life instantly changes. Why would anyone want a lower quality of life?
The difference between the Vitalist and the Allopath is the amount of knowledge they have in innate intelligence.
The Vitalist believes that the body can heal, if there is no interference.
The Allopath believes that the body needs help by adding something to the body. This can be in the form of natural or unnatural products, or processes.
There is a need for both types of professionals, and when they work together, utilizing each of their knowledge at the right time for the patient. When this happens, healthcare can truly exist.
