Health & Well Being
It’s preserving and enhancing the greatest asset you have _you. It’s renewing
The four dimensions of your nature _physical spiritual, mental and social/emotional.
Physical_ , Nutrition, Management
Social/Emotional _Service, Empathy, Synergy, Intrinsic Security
Spiritual _Value &Commitment, Study&
Mental Reading, , Planning, Writing
Physical Dimension
The physical dimension involves caring effectively for our physical body _eating the right
Kinds of food , getting sufficient rest and relaxation, and exercising on a regular basis. A
Good exercise program is one that you can do in your own home and one that will build
Your body in three areas: endurance, flexibility, and strength.
Endurance : Endurance comes from aerobic exercise, from cardiovascular efficiency the ability of your heart to pump blood through your body.
Flexibility: Flexibility comes through stretching. Most experts recommend warming Up before and cooling down/stretching after aerobic exercise. Before it helps loosen And warm the muscles to prepare for more vigorous exercise .
Strength :Strength comes from muscles resistance exercises _like simple calisthenics, Push_ ,pull_ , sit _ups, from working with weights.
Social Dimension
The Social and the emotional dimensions of our lives are tied together because our emotional Lives are tied together because our emotional life is primarily, but not exclusively, developed out Of and manifested in our relationships with others. Renewal our social/emotional dimension does Not take time in the sense that renewing The other dimension does. We can do it in our normal Every day interaction with other people.
peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no Other
Spiritual Dimension
The spiritual dimensions is your core, your center, your commitment to your value
Systems. It draws upon the sources that inspire and uplift you and tie you to the timeless
Truths of all humanity and people do it very, very differently. We can find renewal in daily prayerful meditation on the scriptures because they Represent our value system. As we read and meditate ,we feel renewed , strengthened, and recommit to serve .
“ The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love.”
Mental Dimension
Most of our mental development and study discipline comes through formal
Education. But as soon as we leave the external discipline of school, many of us let our
Minds atrophy. We don’t do any more serious reading, we don’t explore new subjects
In any real depths outside our action fields, don’t think analytically we don’t write _
At least not critically or in a way that tests our ability to express ourselves in distilled,
Clear , and concise language. Instead, we spend our time watching t .v . There is no
Better way to inform and expand your mind on a regular basis than to get into the
Habit of reading good literature. Writing is another powerful way to sharpen the mental
Saw .keeping a journal of our thoughts, experience insight , and learnings promotes
Mental clarity, exactness and context.