The topic I want to discuss today is the significance of safeguarding our health.
To help illustrate this point, let's consider the analogy of a house. A typical house has various entry points that can be used to gain access. It's common practice to secure these entry points with locks or other forms of security to prevent unauthorized entry.
Similarly, our bodies also have entry points that can be exploited by harmful elements, leading to discomfort and disease. It's essential that we take measures to guard against such intrusions and prevent them from occurring in the first place.
Let's take a closer look at these entry points and how we can protect ourselves from them.
1. Choices:
Our health largely depends on the choices we make in life. Choosing to eat healthy, exercise regularly, and reducing harmful habits can go a long way in protecting our health. Just like we need to lock our house doors DAILY to keep unwanted visitors out, we need to make healthy choices DAILY to keep diseases at bay. We cannot open wide the doors of poor choices and not expect poor consequences.
2. Unforgiveness:
Holding onto grudges, resentment, indifference, anger and self righteousness. It’s probably one of the most underestimated root causes of disease. Unforgiveness weakens our immune system and makes us more vulnerable and susceptible to disease, not only because of the CONSTANT toxic chemical responses those negative emotions release in the body, but also because of problematic, unhealthy coping mechanisms. Unforgiveness is a chronic stuckness in the body. As easy as it is to say and has hard as it is to swallow, it is a state of mind and you have to choose to forgive yourself, forgive others and be brave to ask for forgiveness. That surrender is one of the greatest freedoms to experience. There is not much quite like it. (Especially with God).
3. Judgements:
This is a big one because it’s not just being judgmental, but it’s also FOLLOWING the judgements and expectations of others. This leads to comparison, creating stress and anxiety - it’s the thief of all joy! It’s creating a pattern of thought based on unrelatable and false judgements. It also leads to inner vows - “I will never” “I have to”. It’s a negative impact on our health because it’s going against YOU! You are unique and you can’t force yourself into a pattern you weren’t designed for.
4. Genetics:
While we cannot control our genetics, we can take steps to manage any genetic predispositions we may have. Lifestyle (Epigentics) can reduce genetic predisposition and there’s a beautiful quote that says “genetics loads the gun, lifestyle pulls the trigger. This means you might have family history, but you have the ability to change that with your thoughts, choices and lifestyle.
5. Trauma:
Trauma can have a long-lasting impact on our health, both physical and mental. Seeking help and support to deal with past trauma can help us heal and lead a healthier life. You can physically release trauma too. Trauma is sooo individual and HOLDS differently in each body, but it’s all in the release!
6. Love of other things:
Sometimes we get so caught up in our work, other activities, the love of money, the vanity of society (how do I look?), the love of acceptance, that we often go against natural safety measures. By this I mean, we can have goals, vision and desire but we need to guard against the DRIVE and obsession to get it at all costs because that’s chronic to the body. Just like a house needs maintenance and repairs, our bodies also need time to rest and rejuvenate and to not expect it to do things it’s not designed for. We are actually designed for relationship with God and when we search for everything but that, we automatically against ourselves.
In conclusion, just like we guard our houses against unwanted intruders, we need to guard (acknowledge and control) our health against diseases by protecting ourselves at these entry points. The good thing is that we are intuitive and we can redirect what is counter-intuitive.
Let's make healthy choices, forgive, avoid judgments, manage our genetics, seek help for trauma, and take time to learn and love the truth to lead a healthier and happier life.