I find myself exerting more effort these days to be more conscious of my body’s needs, something that I put on the back burner while studying for grad school. Now that I’m near the end-goal, I’m beginning to miss the long walks I often took before.
So my first major step was to consciously put walking back in my health cycle. I started that a couple of months ago and these days it’s not only a routine, but something that I really, really am looking forward to. The monsoon rains this July and August have made my walking outside irregular, but it hasn’t drowned my passion! In fact, I’m seriously contemplating ways to outsmart the weather, such as buying a probably expensive water-proof jacket or finding a nearby gym with a nice nature view so I can treadmill.
An added surprise though is that it’s somehow heightened my concern about what I eat. Maybe it’s also because I’ve been reading how veggies and fruits are not necessarily healthy and may even do worse damage to your body, what with current agricultural practices that play havoc rather than nurture our world.
Organic food is also not as easy as it sounds, since there are its impacts, practices, ethics, etc. to consider. I’m still finding my way through the loads of information available on the net, but so far what’s been obvious to me is that a lot of the “truths” we take for granted in the public sphere are too simplistic. And how some of our political leaders, the ones who make lasting and big-impact policies for farmers and the whole food chain, etc. may be riding on–I assume–honestly held wrong views. And if the people whom I expected to take time to know do not, how about ordinary folks like me? How many of us really know what’s happening? How many of us are listening or even able to sift through conflicting views?
Those are questions I ask myself these days.
There are many individual and global challenges in the world today. Things that make us sick in our soul and bodies.
On the other hand, there’s no point in having anxiety attacks over it. So I try to keep a balance between learning and relaxing. I make sure that I focus and participate on living a happy-conscious lifestyle.
It’s important to take small steps to health and wellness daily. Embrace the blessings that come in many forms. Be grateful to God for them. Nurture the Love in your soul.
Then discover how that all comes together in your activities, and repeat them often.
A few years ago, walking felt really good and released my endorphins by the bucket load. But now that I’m older, walking’s become more of a body-and-soul rapturous activity, exemplifying what I’ve just said above. I believe we’re all hotwired for certain forms of activities over others, that reflect a small part of what can truly make us happy. I know someone who treats running races as her love song. Another who feels that she becomes a better person by writing a poem a day.
So whatever it is, find your thing and be happy. :)
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