Fitness Begins with your State of Mind!

I know people who look great, yet they are miserable. They exercise religiously, eat perfectly, they look amazing, yet never have anything nice to say about people or things. Their relationships are superficial and their soul is empty.

I also know people who drink like fish, smoke like chimneys, and laugh like Santa. They brighten every room they walk into. They love people and people love them. They will go to the ends of the earth for their friends and their life is full.

Who has a better quality of life, do you suppose??

Most of us fall somewhere in between. Our intentions are good to eat right, hit the gym, and honor our responsibilities, but we just aren't perfect.

I have never been more certain that fitness, health, and wellness begin with a state of mind.

If you like yourself, then you like other people, and other people like you. You are healthy.

If you allow yourself to skip the gym to meet up with a friend you haven't seen in a long time, eat food and drink a cocktail, and leave your meeting with a long hug and a promise not to let so much time pass. You are healthy.

If you have 100 things on your to do list, yet understand your priorities, you are healthy.

Life is about balance, and wellness is a reflection of your life. Take good care of yourself so you can be around to enjoy it.

Workout, eat healthy, be thankful, and be nice! The rest is gravy. The airbrushed models in the magazines aren't any more fit than you are upstairs... where it counts.

Be well!