Millions of people simply don’t take good care of themselves. Then invest in everything imaginable except themselves. I believe God gives us an allotted amount of energy for our lives, and if we use it all up in the first forty years, we will probably experience lots of health issues later in life. In the Look Great, Feel Great, I share my own journey of doing it all wrong in the hope that I can help others avoid the mistakes I made.
Excessive stress over a long period of time negatively affects our health and emotions. We have heard endless times how we need to eliminate unnecessary stress from our lives, yet most people never do it until they have a health crisis.
When I don’t feel well, I find that it’s much more difficult to be stable emotionally. I recently returned from a conference that was the culmination of three weeks of travel and hard work. I was very tired but wanted to see all my children, so we invited them and their families to meet us for lunch as soon as we got back home. Twelve of them were able to come, and although getting together with them sounded like a great idea at the time, it turned out to be the straw that broke the camel’s back. The restaurant was very noisy, so we had to talk loud in order to be heared — hardly relaxing. Then someone brought up a situation that had caused a lot of toruble in our lives. You probably know what I men when I say, I just didn’t want to hear anything else about it, and especially not when I was tired. The more they discussed it back and forth, the more emotional I felt. I thought, “if they don’t shut up, I am going to scream!”
Often when you’re extremely tired, you’ll be tending to be far away from any negative or sad things and a good rest is all what you need the most.
I had just successfully completed thress weeks of hard work, and I needed to celebrate. We all want to be rewarded for our hard work, and it is very wise to do something for yourself that you enjoy as part of your restoration program. When Dave is tired, he likes to play golf or watch a baseball game, and doing so actually energizez him. I need rest, a good meal, a dessert and a good movie. One of the most important things I need after a hectic schedule with tons of people around all the time is to simply be quiet. I did not need to plan another party in a noisy restaurant with lots of people the moment I returned home. It was my fault and no one else’s. I have enough knowledge and experience to know better, but knowing what we should do is one thing and apply what we know is quite another.
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