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Words to Live By - March 6, 2010
The highest form of goodness is like water.
Water knows how to benefit all things
without striving with them.
It stays in places loathed by all men.
Therefore, it comes near the Tao.
In choosing your dwelling, know how to dive
in the hidden deeps.
In dealing with others, know how to be gentle and kind.
In speaking, know how to keep your words.
In governing, know how to keep order.
In transacting business, know how to be efficient.
In Making a move, know how to choose the right moment.
- Tao #8
Water & Your Health
It is also scientific fact that a person can survive longer without food than without water, yet water has not become a regular fixture in most of our everyday lives.The body is composed of 60% to 70% water and water is the most important nutrient that the body requires.
The average person requires 6 to 8 large glasses of water a day and even more if participating in a cardiovascular activity. Some of the benefits to consuming 6 to 8 glasses a day are:
- Increased energy
- Suppression of appetite
- Regulation of body temperature
- Flushing out of toxins
- Higher absorption of nutrients in foods consumed
With all these benefits and more, make TODAY the day water becomes a permanent part of your diet!!
- Post by Michael Brummer – Project Be Bold Contributor
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In the Zone - February 12, 2010
"And again I paddled out and caught a wave. For a third time I hopped to my feet, swiveled my hips, and guided the
board, so I was not walking on water, but gliding on it, dancing on it, as the wave crashed into the white foam behind me, propelling me into the glassy water ahead. This was infinity of the brightest kind, and I slipped into that ecstasy that comes with losing yourself completely, with touching the wet fire churning at the center of the world, with getting all the way inside life, no longer a witness but right at the crux, at the point of maximum propulsion. Finally the wave dropped me off at the beach, where I rammed my lovely Indian into the sand like an amateur and stumbled back onto land, my whole body grinning in elation and exhaustion." - Frances Lefkowitz - from How to Have Not (MacAdam/Cage) -Book excerpt published in body + soul Magazine.
I read Lefkowitz's words last night before heading to bed and was reminded of how wonderful it feels to be "in the zone." Where none of the cares of the world are filling my mind...just the elation of being connected to a moment, an action...
We all crave at one point in time or another the days of youth where we were nearly always in the zone -- whether we were climbing trees, playing cops & robbers or watching a favorite cartoon. Our focus was single and because of this we were ALIVE.
Today, I'd like to encourage you to find a fun activity to engage in that will enliven your spirit and take you into "the zone"...there you will find freedom and revitalization abound!
- Jen of Project BeBold!
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