While facilitating a workshop
I listen to thoughts float out of my mouth
And insights speak aloud to me
One day
While wrapping up a workshop for seniors
I surprised myself by reciting this awareness aloud:My spirit needs to last one second longer than my body's last breath
Evidently
My words surprised everyone in the room—including me
Because, next thing I knew
A communal gasp filled the air and chills ran down my spine
Thus did I publicly declare myself responsible
For consciously injecting positive focus into my attitudes
In hopes of ensuring the good health of my spirit
Throughout each stage of my life
When it comes to
The good health of my body
Well ...
I've only got one
And as spare parts are hard to come by
It makes sense
To take good care of the body I've been given
For as long as it's mine
I mean think about it ...
My body takes me every place I want to go ...
If I don't take good care of it, then
The only place it takes me is back to bed
When it comes to my mind ...
There are no spare parts of which to speak
So comon sense suggests
That I keep this complex instrument up to snuff
When it comes to my spirit
I tune into reality
By tuning up my sense of clarity
Every day
In this way
I maintain a conscious awareness
Of balancing
My ups and downs
And by keeping my body-mind-spirit connection
In good working order
Not perfect, mind you ... but good
I can more readily detect dysfunction in need of repair
Needless to say
This means checking out
The brakes on my emotions
In terms of wear and tear ...
I figure it this way:
If I maintain the high octane functions of my car
It stands to reason that
My body, mind and spirit require refueling, as well
Oh yes ... one more thing ...
Each time I read something 'new'
About the interactive functions of the human brain
I keep a highlighter close by ...
Never know when an insight might turn up
Which may ease my way
Through each next, bright, new day
Until it's my turn to fly away ...
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