Physical - 5
I give myself a five in this category as I am a work in progress. I have achieved great physical fitness two years ago and then was pregnant with complications and ended up benched for almost 1 1/2 years due to recovery and surgery. Now I am getting back in the saddle slowly and getting back in the habit is terribly hard. I have the desire to gain better physical health through physical fitness and have been successful in implementing a new lifestyle that is much healthier. My goal is to continue in my weight loss success and get back up to my 6 day a week workouts.
Spiritual -6
I give myself a six in this area as I have always been spiritual but have been growing my my biblical spiritual self. I have begun to pray more and lay my stresses and sorrow on God's shoulders and really understand a higher power. I have also been learning better meditation practices to release the stresses of the day. A goal of mine to to do some soul searching on if our church is where I want to be and if it is then we need to go more often. Sometimes I feel like my husband feels like this is where he has always gone so we just go there, but I am not feeling necessarily like its where I want to belong.
Psychological -6
I give myself a six in this area as I know I am working on it. I want to have more loving kindness and patience with my family. I also want to gain a better grip on settling with what I cannot change. I tend to be a bit high strung and I really want to become better at relaxing and just gaining better focus. My goal is to meditate more consistently to release the stress of the day and also to greet my husband in a happy manner each day when he gets home rather than spilling over what all went wrong in my day with the kids, chores, etc.
RELAXATION EXERCISE:
After completeing this relaxation exercise i did feel better and more relaxed. I started to get antsy as it seemed like it was very long. I do prefer the guided exercises at this point as my mind tends to wander without direction. I also love the use of imagery with the colors to help with focus on parts of the body and relaxing.
Hi Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the spiritual aspect. I also believe that there's always room for spiritual growth and spiritual improvement in all of us.
Respectfully,
Jeffrey Meyers
Hi Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to hear about such a long recovery period after childbirth. However, I am glad you are back on your feet and working towards that recovery. You will get back to where you were. it's funny that you I read your blog today and saw the comment about church and you not being sure that is where you should be. I was watching Oprah's OWN Super Soul Sunday this morning and Iyanla Vanzant was staffing the Help Desk where women were coming up to her and asking questions. One lady had the exactly same scenario - she was attending a church (with her husband) because it is what he wanted/where he went, but she felt no growth. I know that you will definitely find the answer that you are searching for, but always grow. Whether it is in that church or another, continually work towards spiritual evolvement.
My dilemma is a little similar in that I feel like I'm not growing as much with the partner that I have. For a long time I never really grasped the concept of "unequally yoked" but I get it now and it is so true. There are lot of compromises that can happen in a relationship or with friends, or in our own life, but growth is so important. It's truly the levels of higher consciousness we get to enter as a result.
Good luck to you on your journey and best of luck to you with recovery!
Heidi Gonzales