Clean Room Analogy
Definition of the word ROOM: space or extent, especially unoccupied or unobstructed space for a particular purpose. Origin: Old English RUM, "space" (extent or time) "scope" or "opportunity," original sense preserved in "clear space for oneself."
Living healthfully is like being asked to clean your room, it's not always easy or fun, but there is a reason we are asked to do it. I have to re-learn this reason sometimes!
In June I started feeling defeated in several aspects of my life. I felt like I was pulling the ox out of the mire just to have it fall right back into the mire when I turned my back. If I left things messy they stayed messy, if I cleaned up, it didn't stay clean! For various reasons, I set myself up for feeling "what is the point?" I was tired of the struggle and I was done pretending I could make a difference in the universe. Exercise became sporadic, I didn't want to plan or prepare anything, cleaning minimal, prayers were laced with a "Whatever you want God" attitude. I didn't want to promote my book anymore, I didn't even want to know how to clean up eating habits to improve mental and physical health. As I have already learned, this makes life difficult. My moods were harder to control, relationships were strained, and that familiar feeling of depression started to set in.
Mid June I decided to check back into life and try again. Someone reminded me that one of my talents happens to be organizing and cleaning quickly. I know for some this is incredibly hard. For me it doesn't take a whole lot of mental energy for which I am grateful. But even I was discouraged and disgusted that "cleaning" never ends. Not just cleaning our room, cleaning our space, extent, scope, and opportunity. This includes exercise, healthy eating, hygiene, watching our words, thoughts, and actions, and making your bed once in while! All this is about "clearing space for oneself." Today I am writing my newsletter to clean up! We each have a particular purpose, in order to achieve that we get up every day and clean. If you check out like I did, check back in. Don't give up my friends! Even if we died tomorrow, we will have lived our last day on earth feeling clean, free, accomplished, and at peace that we have been careful with the small space we have been given on this Earth.
To learn how you can clean up your eating habits for life, visit www.wisefoodmind.com
Living healthfully is like being asked to clean your room, it's not always easy or fun, but there is a reason we are asked to do it. I have to re-learn this reason sometimes!
In June I started feeling defeated in several aspects of my life. I felt like I was pulling the ox out of the mire just to have it fall right back into the mire when I turned my back. If I left things messy they stayed messy, if I cleaned up, it didn't stay clean! For various reasons, I set myself up for feeling "what is the point?" I was tired of the struggle and I was done pretending I could make a difference in the universe. Exercise became sporadic, I didn't want to plan or prepare anything, cleaning minimal, prayers were laced with a "Whatever you want God" attitude. I didn't want to promote my book anymore, I didn't even want to know how to clean up eating habits to improve mental and physical health. As I have already learned, this makes life difficult. My moods were harder to control, relationships were strained, and that familiar feeling of depression started to set in.
Mid June I decided to check back into life and try again. Someone reminded me that one of my talents happens to be organizing and cleaning quickly. I know for some this is incredibly hard. For me it doesn't take a whole lot of mental energy for which I am grateful. But even I was discouraged and disgusted that "cleaning" never ends. Not just cleaning our room, cleaning our space, extent, scope, and opportunity. This includes exercise, healthy eating, hygiene, watching our words, thoughts, and actions, and making your bed once in while! All this is about "clearing space for oneself." Today I am writing my newsletter to clean up! We each have a particular purpose, in order to achieve that we get up every day and clean. If you check out like I did, check back in. Don't give up my friends! Even if we died tomorrow, we will have lived our last day on earth feeling clean, free, accomplished, and at peace that we have been careful with the small space we have been given on this Earth.
To learn how you can clean up your eating habits for life, visit www.wisefoodmind.com
Just like exercise and eating healthful foods cleans our bodies, practicing good "spiritual hygiene" cleans our souls. The acronym CPR illustrates this importance. Instead of jump starting your heart with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, spiritual CPR jump starts your spirit with Church, Prayer, and Reading the scriptures. Like cleaning your room, if you do it every day, a little effort keeps it clean. However, if you go too long without CPR, your spirit suffers and it will take much more effort to get it clean again.
I have a strong testimony that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true. When I am discouraged by the weight of life's problems, my testimony lifts my soul again. I don't know how many times I have had to have this reminder--thousands of times perhaps! Every time I've struggled, if I calm myself a little then the Spirit can bring Heaven's view into mind, and I feel hope again. I attribute this to CPR. I consistently go to church, say my prayers, and read my scriptures. This sustains my forgetful, weak and emotional brain so I can remember my Savior, see the tender mercies of the Lord, and trust Heavenly Father that He is always with me and all His children.
As much as I believe sound eating and exercise and mental health practices will help you through your life, I know that the ultimate answer is the Gospel. I could be a victim of an accident or trauma, I may lose my ability to think and work, my health will eventually go, and death is the end for us all. I find comfort, peace, and joy in the knowledge that Christ has made it possible that when my suffering is ended, I will enter into the rest of the Lord. Healthy eating just helps me access the Spirit so I remember it more often.
I have a strong testimony that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is true. When I am discouraged by the weight of life's problems, my testimony lifts my soul again. I don't know how many times I have had to have this reminder--thousands of times perhaps! Every time I've struggled, if I calm myself a little then the Spirit can bring Heaven's view into mind, and I feel hope again. I attribute this to CPR. I consistently go to church, say my prayers, and read my scriptures. This sustains my forgetful, weak and emotional brain so I can remember my Savior, see the tender mercies of the Lord, and trust Heavenly Father that He is always with me and all His children.
As much as I believe sound eating and exercise and mental health practices will help you through your life, I know that the ultimate answer is the Gospel. I could be a victim of an accident or trauma, I may lose my ability to think and work, my health will eventually go, and death is the end for us all. I find comfort, peace, and joy in the knowledge that Christ has made it possible that when my suffering is ended, I will enter into the rest of the Lord. Healthy eating just helps me access the Spirit so I remember it more often.
