30-Day Balance Experiment 2010 Day 26

Okay, I admit it! In our PE (Protein/Exercise) formula for balance I haven't been doing as much E lately as I should. Excuse: Working on my novel. Consequences: body expansion. Long view look: I have increased my E-exercise-over last month. when I walked or did the elliptical 24 miles. My goal was to beat that this month and I am at 27 ½ miles with 2 days to go. So progress! I also got some new ‘dots' to put on my calendar signifying each mile exercised; actually my dots are paper stars now. It's a good way to track my exercise units along with my weight. I was down 6 pounds, back up a pound. But that's how it goes. The important thing is we are still in training to balance our bodies, minds, hearts, and souls. We haven't given up. That's the key.

I also have to admit that I let our TOTG formula skip yesterday. I got in a tizz about, well, everything. I allowed myself to be mad about my less-than-thin body (although I practiced ‘accepting the unacceptable' and bought two pairs of pants a size larger at ridiculously low sale prices at Balliet's). I allowed those little worrywart demons dance in my head about all the work that has to be done at my mother's house (the roof, the this, the that). And I committed the grievous mistake of letting this demon in my head: "You won't be able to do THAT." The THAT in this case is taking my mother to New York in September. I will be flying up with my husband for his business meeting but staying the weekend after he returns to Oklahoma for a visit with his daughters. A senior ticket to NYC is very reasonable and the overall cost of the trip doesn't have to be an arm and a leg. But this little demon likes to block our heart's desires. And all the while, what did I forget to do? TOTG. Turn Over To God!

So that's what I'm doing. When I find myself in a tizzy, TOTG. Why can't I remember this? Because those little demons work 24/7 in our daily minds to knock us off our Balance Pedestal. Sojourners, back on the Balance Pedestal!

SPIRITUAL thought/action:  "Be still, and know that I am God."

PHYSICAL thought/action: Nothing is as important as exercising the body God gave us whether is for 15 minutes or 60 minutes. Every day. When we commit to this small outlay of time, our muscles, every organ in our body, our minds say thank you!

MENTAL thought/action: "It is inevitable when one has a great need of something, one finds it. What you need, you attract like a lover." Gertrude Stein

EMOTIONAL thought/action: "Gratitude is the heart's memory." French proverb "Begin this day to explore and integrate this beautiful, life-affirming principle into your life, and the miracle you have been seeking will unfold to your wonder and amazement." Sarah Ban Breathnach