Runner Insight

Let’s Get Real!

What’s more important than your health?  Oh I know there’s probably not one of you out there who would disagree with the concept that your health is your most important asset, but how many of us truly live by those words? 

Think about it like this:  Remember the last time you were really sick? I mean really feeling-crappy-death-melted-on-toast kind of sick.  Maybe you had the flu, or a 4 day long debilitating migraine.  Perhaps it was a bout of sciatica with lower right back pain (oops, …that one was me.) Or … you fill in the blank.  We have all been there. 

Now, answer me this. At that particular point in time – in between the moaning and wailing and feeling sorry for yourself, and wishing that the agony would end – were you thinking about your bank account? I know when I’m not feeling well, even just a little under the weather, all I can think about is wishing I felt better. That’s it: just aching to feel better.

All the money in the world does you no good if you don’t have your health.  So why do we ignore our health and put it off for another day? 

I know, I know. I understand all the human psychology stuff that indicates that we’re more motivated to avoid and alleviate immediate pain, and not much inspired to do things that involve work in the short-term, but result in long-term benefits.

Mostly, as a human race, we are motivated by what we see that is immediately in front of us…the bills that need to be paid, that pressing seminar we just can’t miss, the phone call we need to return, and the seventeen other things on our desk that need our immediate attention Right Now. 

I’ve heard it said that when you find a big enough why, you will make the changes necessary to propel yourself into your better healthier life-style. Think about how you feel right now.  If you feel pretty good, then why not be proactive and take the steps to insure you will continue to feel good tomorrow and next month and next year?

If you are suffering and have no energy, why not just start to take the baby steps to move you towards a better place in your healthier life?  Doing nothing at all guarantees that someday you will be asking the question, “Why didn’t I take care of myself when I had the chance?”  It truly doesn’t have to be that way.

Remember to take a moment to evaluate what is important.  We have a tendency, all of us – and I’m just as guilty of it as the next person – to focus on the financial aspect of things as if it’s the most important thing I need to be worrying about.

A friend of mine recently was so caught up in the spinning of her wheels trying to move forward in her business that she was neglecting her health. While she wasn’t literally sick or unhealthy, she wasn’t doing anything to maintain her health. She was just sitting at her desk all day every day trying to make things happen.

She was struck one day with the thought that it didn’t matter how successful she ended up being in her business if she wasn’t taking care of herself physically. She’s now made the commitment to doing some kind of physical activity for at least 30 minutes a day, whether it’s going for a walk or yoga or putting on the Latin Dance Workout DVD or whatever. And she feels that she can have the same amount of financial success, or even better, by investing at least 30 minutes a day in her physical well-being. The business and financial success will come, but your health deserves your attention and focus.

Even if you’re feeling okay, you could be doing even better. If you are sick, you can’t do all the things you deem important right now.  And you can have fun while getting healthy.  Find an activity that resonates with you and go for it.  Remember it’s all about baby steps. No one is saying you have to go out and run a marathon this year, or even run at all.  Just start moving!  Do things a little at a time.  Be gentle with yourself and start out slow. And celebrate all the baby steps! Hey if it’s more then you were doing just a day ago, it’s all forward progress. 

How ’bout it?

-Vision Runner

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Like a lot of us, I try to stay healthy. Consequently, I’ve been using herbal supplements for several years for various reasons.

The main place I get them from, sends out free booklets and DVDs with each order. One of the DVDs in particular caught my attention cause he was talking about our eyes. The herb doctor was talking about his formula called Eyebright.  He said that historically, people used to use eye washes  all the time to stimulate blood flow to the eye and to prevent eye infections. 

So he formulated a mixture of different herbs, including: Eyebright Herb and Flower, Goldenseal Root, Mullein Flower, Fennel Seed, Red Raspberry Leaf and Cayenne Pepper.

Okay…did you see it?  That part right at the end where it says Cayenne Pepper? Red Hot Cayenne Peppers! Yikes!  But the good doctor explained that the cayenne pepper was to increases blood circulation to the eyes.

With RP, the rods and cones in my eyes don’t replenish themselves as they die off. It made sense to me that since my cells were having a hard time renewing themselves on their own, maybe they needed a little boost. 

So I ordered the Eyebright Formula from him. I also ordered a couple of eye cups  on eBay.  (It’s amazing what you can find on eBay, that you never even thought about looking for before. You decide to look, and “Poof”. There it is. Sometimes it amazes me.)

Anyway, the directions said to use distilled water, and put 3 to 25 drops of the Eyebright in each eye cup. Of course, I started with the minimum, 3 drops in each eye cup. I was not looking forward to this. But conviction and desire will drive you a long ways. I could smell the pepper as I lifted the eye wash up to my eye. Then I put the cup with the “pepper juice” on my eye and tried to open my eye. And I tried to open my eye, and I tried, and tried…

Hmmm, for some unknown reason my eye just did not want to open. Could it be the body’s natural response to protect the eyes from Red Hot FIRE?  Yeah, Maybe, Obviously…

After much persuasion, and a good-talkin’ to, I did get my eye to open and YOW, yes I said YOWWWW.  As I’m sure you can guess, it is not the most pleasant experience, to put it mildly.  In fact, it is something akin to torture. And I’m certainly not recommending the process for anyone else.

When I’m bathing my eyes with the healing properties of the “pepper juice”, although it looks like spasms, my body does a little dance, to help get me through my eye washing process.  I just keep telling myself that the pepper juice is waking those cells up, so they can dance, too! 

I have to tell you that I don’t do it every night before bed, but I do try to do it as many nights as I’m brave enough. I must admit, it does take some (well okay, a lot of) mental talk to get myself hyped up to put cayenne pepper in my eyes.  And sometimes I just don’t want to. Actually, I can’t think of a single night that I really “wanted” to do it.

The reason I do it though, is because I want to do things that are moving me in the right direction. Faith can move mountains. I don’t know how long it will take to get my eyesight back, or how it will happen. I am just putting multiple pathways out there so that the universe can pick which one it wants to use to bring me back my vision. And I’m all about that! Whether it’s dancing with pepper juice, or they figure out some kind of medical cure, or something else ….bring it on!

It’s my job just to believe it’s on the way!

How ‘bout it? 
Vision Runner   

P.S. Maybe I’ll get you some video of my “Pepper Juice Dance”; it’s a little painful, but somewhat comical….you might laugh. I usually do.

Stay tuned.

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