Healthy Mind – Healthy Body
December 2019
So here we are at the end of another year. For me it has been a particularly hard year. My emotions have gone up and down like a yo-yo. A lot has happened this year. There have been so many health issues that my family have had to face that have been very difficult at times – not to mention my own issues when I found out that I had breast cancer.
There have also been some very good times too like the fact my book of year 1 got printed.
If I look back on the year I have been thinking what have I actually learnt? To me it feels like I have plodded through it just praying for certain situations to change. It’s only when I look back I realise that I have actually learnt something.
There is a saying ‘healthy body, healthy mind.’ I have learnt this year that actually it’s the opposite that is true. It should say ‘healthy mind, healthy body!’
I have found this year that anytime bad things happened in my life beyond my control (like my breast cancer), it totally messed with my mental health. It felt like I had a black cloud hovering over my head that I couldn’t get away from. It was so all consuming that I couldn’t think of anything else. Healthy eating and looking after myself were the very last things on my mind. I have to say my healthy eating went to pot.
However when things were going good, healthy eating and looking after myself was very high up on my list of priorities.
I have found that when you are happy what comes out is healthy thoughts.
But the opposite is also true – if I am not in a good place then unhealthy thoughts come out.
So I have decided that this year my New Year’s Resolution is to stay happy, to keep my mind healthy and allow good things to grow from that. Not sure how easy that will be though.
It’s not easy Debbie, but it does help to stay positive even in difficult situations. I remember last year when I wanted to go to the Ukraine on mission. Jim tried everything, in the end I couldn’t go, I was upset for days. Wished I was like everyone else, normal. So I had a pity party. Then I realised I was the only hurting myself. So I am back in the race. So Ukraine will happen. Funny how small things take a hold of everything. This year is going to be different and better.
Debbie you are an incredible lady, love you lots xxx