Live Life with Zest

Mom and I went shopping yesterday for all the good, nutritional food that one should be eating to get slim, fit and healthy.  We then proceeded to eat a store bought BBQ chicken with mashed potatoes, had second helpings and then groaned that we ate too much.  Somehow I don’t think I mission was successful!  The moral of the story is that I shouldn’t have been shopping on an empty stomach which is why the BBQ chicken smelled so good and I said “why not, it’s my last chance before the Big Diet begins”. 

       Alright so I have written about diets, weight management and all the rest before and I am not going to promise that this time it will be any different.  But I do think that having a good strong mental attitude and visualizing the results are key to staying on track.  Previously I have not been in a proper frame of mind to keep going and in the end I can find a hundred excuses for why I have failed or will fail.  This time I have a very strong reason for not failing, my health.  Don’t be alarmed, I am not unhealthy right now, but I realize that I have been taking for granted my good health and that there is a limit to what a person’s body (including my own) can take by way of nonchalant care.  When a person starts to feel less than 100% on a continual basis it’s really time to examine what is going on.

       Yesterday I got a shocking phone call from a colleague who told me that her cousin, at the age of 44, had suddenly died because of a virus.  At the present time they still do not know anything else except that one minute she was enjoying life, the next she said she felt unwell, went to the doctor who prescribed antibiotics and a short while later they were rushing her by ambulance to the hospital where she died.  Even though she acted swiftly (or so we believe) when she felt unwell she still died.  It is simply terrible to realize that life is short.  Life should be lived well, every minute of the day.

       So here it is, the second day of 2013 and I just want to send out a reminder to everyone that you should take care of your body, your mind, your spirit and your world.  Live each day by learning something new, by being still within yourself so you can feel all of you, and by appreciating everyone in your life.  Whether you are 20 or 60 or 92, life should be savoured, enjoyed, and lived to the absolute limit.  We all have our own ways of savouring, enjoying and living, but let it be done well and with zest.  Be happy but also, be smart in your choices.  Living well does not mean you have to be reckless.  So again, be happy!