Physical, Spiritual, and Psychological Wellbeing

     When it comes to my physical well-being I would have to rate myself a 5. I don't have any diseases, high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels. However I do have genetically bad knees which have been damaged further from years of abuse (military and police training as well as sports injuries). To add to that I am overweight which has been a constant struggle for many years now. The added weight is also bad for my knees as well as my back. My energy levels are low and my metabolism is really slow. You could also call it very efficient because if there was a famine I would out live a lot of people! But this also makes it extremely easy for me to lose weight and keep it off. I've learned a lot about health and nutrition over the past few years and am working to incorporate my knowledge into my life.
    I would rate my spiritual wellbeing at a 6. Mainly because I have been lax when it comes to my own personal prayer life and don't study the Bible nearly as much as I need to. I almost get overwhelmed by the thought of everything that I need to incorporate into my day. I want to get to the point where all of these things are second nature instead of being sporadic as they are now.
     For my psychological wellbeing I would rate myself a 7. There are family problems that have deep roots into my past that I am still figuring out how to deal with. My relationship with my Father is one. He was a mentally abusive parent and our relationship is not good. My dealings with him also caused me to be quick to anger with my husband which is not a good thing. It's a protective response, but it isn't always appropriate. It's just that when a man talks to me a certain way or with a certain tone I am quick to correct it. More often than not my husband doesn't even realize he did anything wrong. So that is something that I am working on. Being slow to anger, being patient, and showing Godly love.

"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

     There are lots of things I can implement in my life to help me achieve my goals. For my physical wellbeing goals I can incorporate daily exercise as well as continuing to revamp my diet until it has become optimal. It may come down to doing it cold turkey, but I have as yet been unable to fully commit. For my spiritual wellbeing I can add a daily Bible study and prayer time. For that it will be important to figure out what time of day would work best and stick to it. I can't let distractions keep me from doing this as it has in the past. For my psychological wellbeing I can read my motivational verse (1 Cor. 13:4-7) daily. When I do get angry I need to take time to cool down before I address the issue. Anger only begets anger.
     With regard to the relaxation exercise I really didn't like it at all. First of all I was in a really frustrated state when I started it (my computer doesn't like this blog format apparently and this is causing me many problems!). I was ok at first because I do like to be lead through breathing exercises. But when the guy started talking about imagining the parts of the body like the colors of the rainbow and to imagine the color red shooting out of my spine, etc. I was annoyed by it. I just can't relate to it I guess. I am not apposed to visualization exercises in general, but I do prefer them to be more realistic. It's one thing to imagine a body part relaxing or healing and another to imagine light shooting out of it. LOL. That's just my opinion though. I just didn't enjoy it.