Balance in Body, Spirit, and Love
Are you seeking balance as you juggle through this holiday season of to-do's and desires? Stop now, breathe, and embrace that you can create balance and find rest. Reflect..."How does our relationship and closeness with God affect our relationship with self and others?"
As we make choices in our daily lives to acquire balance, know that it is the spiritual dimension of life that empowers us to live out this kind of Love with self (body and spirit) and others. Apostle Paul gave us this advice, reminding us that love is patient and kind. Love does not envy, it forgives, does not keep track of wrongs, nor take note of shortcomings. This spiritual dimension is that of the unconditional love of our father...God.
When we open ourselves to receive His unconditional love then, we can love ourselves, and we can love others. Loving our bodies is is to not keep track of our shortcomings, and to learn from that moving forward. A plank is an excellent exercise that everyone can practice to establish balance in body and spirit. A plank strengthens the entire body with an emphasis on the core. The core of our existence, is the Spirit within. The core of our body, is the entire abdominal cavity and the entire back (upper, mid, lower). A plank has many modifications available to decrease or increase the intensity of strengthening. Just as in life, we have options of modifying our life through our choices.
In this season of Christmas love and relationships becomes a focus of many. As I begin to count down through the Twelve Days of Christmas, I am reminded and teaching my daughters the symbolism within the song. The two turtle doves represent the unbreakable bond between two mates. They represent the unconditional love God has with us and the love we are to have with our neighbor.
Yes, our neighbor and the one closest to us...our partner. In spiritual intimacy we have to strive to accept one another; and we also have to strive to love unconditionally. It is not always easy to love like that, especially in the hustle and bustle of the holidays. Somehow just being together fortifies us in the times when we struggle. And, even in the times we our together we can be alone. That failing to connect can become a kind of living death, just going through the motions.
Stop going through the motions with yourself and others. Christmas is time to celebrate the birth of Christ, because God so loved the world. Let us all give birth this season to balance: body, spirit, and love.
How will you take action in finding balance with God, self, and your spouse? PLANK IT OUT!
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