Have you ever asked yourself, how did I get where I am and what is it telling me where I am going? As I try to assess my life I acknowledge I am just like everyone else. We come into this life with a genetic framework that somewhat determines the journey our life is going to take. The color of our hair or in my case the absence of hair, our height, weight, color of our skin, predisposition to certain diseases, and the list goes on and on. The point is no one enters this life with a clean slate. There is a certain aspect of our lives that is already predetermined by our genes. I guess we could use that as excuse for going no where and doing nothing with our lives because in concept our physical makeup is already going to determine the outcome. However, then enters the next layer of intrigue…..our gifts, our talents, and our abilities. These seemingly intangible aspects of our being along with our personality seem to blossom without true comprehension of where they came from and why we have what we have. If that weren’t enough, then we add in the most intriguing dimension of all…our personal experiences. This rather interesting formula or pieces of the puzzle really do define who you are and furthermore dramatically states the fact there is not another person on the planet or for that matter anywhere else that is just like you.
You might say, “so what’? I’ve said it myself. And then, especially at times when I wasn’t feeling very good about myself, things were going all wrong, felt like no one loved me, or I wasn’t feeling well thrown in, I saw no purpose at all to my life. I do believe at one time or another this is a universal experience that we all get to feel. It can be chaotically cathartic, traumatic or just the opposite as a quiet awakening as to who we are, and what are meant to accomplish. My personal belief is that discovering our purpose(s) is one of the most important breakthroughs that we have in life, because that is something no one else can do for us. It is uniquely your own, discovered by you, and acted upon or not by you.
I won’t even pretend to completely understand what is happening in this world, why we are here, how each one of us fits into the big picture and where are we going, but I do know with certainty every one of us matters and plays a significant role. In our day most of us will be influenced or interact with many different people in constantly changing circumstances. If just one of those experiences changed or didn’t even exist that would change our day and perhaps even significantly change our life. We are here to influence and be influenced. What we do with that power and that understanding is the question!
You might say, “so what’? I’ve said it myself. And then, especially at times when I wasn’t feeling very good about myself, things were going all wrong, felt like no one loved me, or I wasn’t feeling well thrown in, I saw no purpose at all to my life. I do believe at one time or another this is a universal experience that we all get to feel. It can be chaotically cathartic, traumatic or just the opposite as a quiet awakening as to who we are, and what are meant to accomplish. My personal belief is that discovering our purpose(s) is one of the most important breakthroughs that we have in life, because that is something no one else can do for us. It is uniquely your own, discovered by you, and acted upon or not by you.
I won’t even pretend to completely understand what is happening in this world, why we are here, how each one of us fits into the big picture and where are we going, but I do know with certainty every one of us matters and plays a significant role. In our day most of us will be influenced or interact with many different people in constantly changing circumstances. If just one of those experiences changed or didn’t even exist that would change our day and perhaps even significantly change our life. We are here to influence and be influenced. What we do with that power and that understanding is the question!
Reviewing my own life, the frustration of this process has led me down many different and oftentimes emotionally painful roads in my attempt to figure out what it is that I should be doing with my life. I am sharing this with you to help you understand why I have been becoming a health awareness mentor for over 50 years. It is my observations as much as my personal experiences that keeps me frustrated, in awe, and motivated to understand how our health affects our journeys and the quality of our lives.
Actual Health, how we define and perceive our health, is at the core of the quality of our life. It permeates our lives and affects everything we do. This is why health and all its complex components is fascinating to me. This is why it is my purpose to guide people through a process of understanding their health. Just like your “unique genetic framework, personality, gifts, talents, abilities and experiences “ really do define you as person, it underlines the fact that your health and how you take care of it will be different from how anyone else views, reaches for or maintains their health. Like it or not you are on a unique journey. Why would you want to be put in a box with a label to be treated a certain way when you know for a fact no one else, lives in your body or can really comprehend what you experience. Only you know for sure how that feels or how and what you feel. With that in mind doesn’t it make sense that the one and only person who should be in control of your health “is You’! Herein lies the “magic of Health awareness mentoring”. It is the journey to understand your health, take responsibility for it and reap the benefits of being in charge of your own life.
Actual Health, how we define and perceive our health, is at the core of the quality of our life. It permeates our lives and affects everything we do. This is why health and all its complex components is fascinating to me. This is why it is my purpose to guide people through a process of understanding their health. Just like your “unique genetic framework, personality, gifts, talents, abilities and experiences “ really do define you as person, it underlines the fact that your health and how you take care of it will be different from how anyone else views, reaches for or maintains their health. Like it or not you are on a unique journey. Why would you want to be put in a box with a label to be treated a certain way when you know for a fact no one else, lives in your body or can really comprehend what you experience. Only you know for sure how that feels or how and what you feel. With that in mind doesn’t it make sense that the one and only person who should be in control of your health “is You’! Herein lies the “magic of Health awareness mentoring”. It is the journey to understand your health, take responsibility for it and reap the benefits of being in charge of your own life.
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