Day 8~ Triad Challenge

Welcome to something meaningful.
Body: eat more whole foods. make both or all of your snacks a whole food. Eat an apple instead of chips, eat carrots instead of pretzels. add some  Greek yogurt or hummus to up your protein content.
Spirit: Why wait for a birthday to send happy wishes. Everyday, start today, to send a "I hope your day is amazing" greeting. Put a smile on two faces yours and theirs.
Mind: It is Friday the day eagerly sought after every Monday as a break in the routine of work... Enjoy that routine and honor the ability to work. losing a part of who you are (your work) is devastation. Losing the ability to be employed and complete simple daily tasks leads to many changes and challenges. When that happens to someone you know be compassionate, not judgmental. Ask how can I help...not why can't you.
Blessings

Day 7~ Triad Challenge

Welcome to something meaningful:
Mind: take three deep breaths. play a Sudoku puzzle or word search.
Body: Park farthest form the door, take the stairs (if you can), walk in place while watching TV. All the additional steps add up.
Spirit: Enjoy the people near you...Find a reason to laugh with your family everyday.

Thank you for the wonderful birthday wishes. It was a great day and very reflective of the last year.   Grateful to be 47 and working to healthier than 46 .
Blessings

Day 6~Triad Challenge

Welcome to something Meaningful.
Mind: There is an old  adage. "I have a very clean mind..I change it often." What have you been thinking about another that needs to change? Where they live...how they dress...what they buy. ...what is someone thinking about your decisions? 
Body: Weather in Idaho is getting tricky and icky. Walk more inside. Walk in place in front of the TV, walk during the commercials to start, then the next show walk between the commercials. Just find 10-20 min a day for some extra steps.
Spirit: Take a deep breath and set your resolve. Look at your to do list...does it line up with your goals...what are your goals...find your why...put it where you can see it...knowing your why helps when you have to struggle and fight.
Today is extra special for me...I am done being 46...It was a tough year: lost the ability to work, there is a lot that went in to that discovery...not much of it was good. I am redefining my goals. I did get to make some amazing memories with a trip to Washington DC and around the neighborhood. I am very excited about 47. I have some worries...as we all do...money...kids grades...cancer...brain damage issues...kids growing up to fast... homelessness. I do know that it will be an amazing year filled with amazing people and wonderful memories, struggles to make me stronger. I will do my Daily Lifetime Process to Honor Mind Body and Spirit.  Blessings

Day 5 ~Triad Challenge

Welcome to something meaningful.
Mind: Play your music very quiet today...listen carefully to the words. Concentrate on hearing the words. did you hear something different?
Body: Replace one soda today with water. Walk the long way around.
Spirit: Be forgiving and compassionate. You do not know the struggles others have. When we make mistakes and ask for forgiveness then give it. Let it go and move on.
Recall what you were taught in kindergarten, be nice, say you are sorry, share and everyone deserves to be loved.
Keeping this one super short: had two challenging appointments, one with an orthopedic for my knee, made it hurt crazy bad, the other was the Adult Committee Meeting for scouts lots of voices, lots of conversations all at the same time...Very hard on the brain...to much to process. Some of the biggest struggles are can not be seen. Be Kind.
Blessings

Day 4~ Triad Challenge

Welcome to something meaningful: Keep it simple

 Mind: put the dishes away in a different order. If you have a dishwasher and you always do the top rack first then do the bottom rack first today. Sometimes we get into a routine it can become a rut.

Body: read the ingredient label on your snack. When it is a whole fruit or vegetable there is only one ingredient. An apple is one ingredient, but over 12000 nutrients that are meaningful to your cells.

Spirit: It is Monday. Be gentle with each other. Tell the person next to you ‘thank you for being here.’ If you can, make it a “Meaningful Magical Monday” for someone. Pay for the coffee for the car behind you, pay for the lunch of the table in the corner or pay someone’s fines at the library. Most important to a “Magical Monday” is making someone else smile; the best way to do that is to smile.  

If you are participating in filling a food box for your local food bank for thanksgiving think of making it an allergy free box. Poverty like cancer is not selective. People with food allergies struggle with economic hardship and often the assistance is not set up to accommodate, make it a point to help. You could do a gluten free box, egg free box, or a tree nut free box. You can include an extra grocery store gift card to be used in later months when there is not a holiday food box. 

Blessings 

Day 3 ~ Triad Challenge

Welcome to something meaningful: it is Sunday, the day a lot of people connect with religious community and participate in celebrations of faith and family.
Mind: try the crossword or Sudoku puzzle in the paper or pick up a puzzle book at the store when as you buy more vegetables than you did the week before. 
Body: park in the last spot on the row...the farthest from the door.  Drink 2 more glasses of water than you did yesterday.
Spirit: Family is special. We may not always like what they do, how they live the gift of this life. But they were given to you love and honor. As you see these people today think of what your world be without them. For some that may be a joyful thoughts...for most it would be sad...but for all of us our world would be different. The people we call family have a very large impact on us. Without them we would be different, and so would they....how do your family members help you be you...how do you help them be them. For our children how do we help them learn who they are?
Enjoy your family they are yours, given through love and intention.
Blessings

Day 2- Triad Challenge

Welcome to day 2 of something meaningful.
Mind: Find that one thing on your to do list that you are looking forward to do doing. Do it next...enjoy the release of creating a check mark on your list.
Body: double the portion of green vegetables today. If your typical portion is 1 spoonful then make it 2. if it is zero then move it to 2.
Spirit: as you begin something...anything...the laundry, the car, dinner, think of how it came to be in front of you. Acknowledge the process and purpose.
Blessings