My lifestyle may not be like yours, but it works for me. I have always been interested in a more holistic lifestyle. If you look back on one of my earlier posts, you will understand how I got to where I am.
No, I don’t live on a homestead, although if you are a younger person, I do encourage that lifestyle. Why, because it gives you a healthier source of food, a free/or reduced energy source and a positive use of the natural resources we still have.
When you reach my age, there is only a fine line between life and death and I choose life. I have lost too many friends and have watched people I know lie hostage to a doctor’s office when they didn’t have to. Is there some magic in living? No, it’s just getting back to the basics. It begins with the groundwork God laid out for us in the first book of the Bible. Genesis not only defined creation it told us how to survive!
Yes, I know you non-believers and Jesus haters may not agree but the truth is in the writing itself. The Bible, not only in Genesis but throughout the Bible, defines the plants, animals, herbs, and spices that we should be using in our daily life to maintain good health.
Am I telling you to drop all your medications, no but just making subtle changes may encourage your physician to reduce your medications. My physician told me years ago I am diabetic and yet I have never had an abnormal blood sugar. Do I still take the medication? Yes, with modification of adding cinnamon to my diet to stay within normal range.
The other thing that is so important is exercise. The most common complaint I hear is “I have arthritis and I can’t exercise,” which is so untrue. In fact, the biggest reliever of arthritic symptoms is exercise. I am not advocating that you get a membership to a gym or join an aerobics class. I am suggesting you put on some earphones with your favorite music and simply walk. You don’t even have to walk far or long. You can do ten-minute intervals as long as you walk 30 minutes a day. If you are wheel chair bound there is still a routine for you, chair aerobics/exercise. You can make it as difficult or easy as you want as long as you do 30 minutes a day. The importance of the exercise is to increase blood flow, encourage healthy kidney function, and it will simply make you feel stronger and better when you are done.
The number one thing you can do for yourself is to be spiritually healthy. Am I a Christian, you ask? Well, yes, but more importantly, I am a child of God. I not only connect with the Son but also the Father and the Holy Spirit. Most people think it is enough just to show up at church, and that is enough. It’s not! There are a lot of people that show up in churches that are not now and most likely will never be Christians! They are there to be seen or to be socially active. These people most likely have never opened the cover of a Bible. If that is you, that is something you can change. Think the Bible is too hard for you. There are translations that are easier to read.
My spiritual journey began not in church but when I left the church! When the church became more about money than God, it didn’t feel right. Within a year of leaving the church I began to read the Bible from cover to cover. Is it complex, you betcha and you may have to read it more than once but in the process your life will change for the better.
I am not telling you that you have to do any of this but i am telling you this has worked for me. In addition to this I stopped taking all vaccines and cut out 90% of the chemicals in my life. My physicians really don’t know what to do with me. My “diabetes” has not gotten any worse, my blood pressures are better than most young adults, my age spots are reducing in size, my hair has gotten curly and healthier closest to what it was as a child. Most of all, I try to live a “common sense” lifestyle. If it doesn’t make sense, I don’t do it!
Begin now, today, take steps for a healthier lifestyle. May the spirit of the holy trinity be with you.
