Planing Your Life For Future Benefit

A lack of understanding and appreciation of the intricacy and delicacy with which the Good

Lord put us together in the first place.

With smoking, drinking, harmful foods, overweight, alcohol, and drugs in such abundance and so commonly accepted among us, any individual seeking that most blessed gift of all- good health—faces no easy task. It takes a strong will to maintain and return to a healthy way of life,

especially if several of these bad habits have already taken hold.

By harnessing the brain cells, we can turn loose a powerful force of assistance—not only with respect to our day-to-day efforts, but immeasurably toward achieving relaxation for the purpose of relieving stress and tension.

Relaxation (sometimes referred to as a contentment level at which our "juices" best begin to flow) can be achieved through various methods known to be effective—transcendental meditation, biofeedback, muscle relaxation, self-hypnosis, to mention a few. A short study of these is essential to determine which one is best suited for you and with which you will be most content to work.

Each of us is born with an individual spirit and an individual right to make choices. It is up to you to decide how you want to live your life. In this instance, you have three choices: you can ignore your stress problems, you can lament over them, or you can do something about them.

It is your freedom to decide.

You are also free to decide for yourself the issue of responsibility—another intrinsic component of life. You can choose to accept responsibility or you can turn away from it.

Benjamin Disraeli, the noted British prime minister, once said, "The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.