Without Your Health Nothing Else Matters

Without your health nothing else really matters. This year make your number one priority to give yourself the gift of health.

In 2010 I had a couple of cancer scares in the family. The best Christmas gift I received 2010 was one week before the holidays finding out that my daughter did not have breast cancer. I was so grateful and so humbled by the relief I felt. It certainly had me going into the New Year 2011 with a sense of need to look after my own health and to encourage others to do the same.

This year, 2012 I entered the New Year with a lingering, horrid cold and cough. I’ve been ‘burning the candle at both ends’ ~ working hard and playing hard. So, instead of attending parties to celebrate the New Year, I was sleeping and resting. I didn’t get to rev-up into the New Year with plans, schemes, diets, resolutions and all the other enthusiams. I slowly crawled into the beginning of the year, attempted to throw off the bug and ended flat on my back and in bed again.! I ended 2011 forgetting about the way I had started into it ~ forgotten that ‘without your health nothing else really matters.’ So, second week into January I am now going slowly and gently; I’m focussing on bringing balance back into my life!

Health is holistic; holistic coming from the Greek word ‘holos’ which means ‘whole’. Accordingly, we need to pay attention to every aspect of our lives to maximize our health and wellness: physical, mental and emotional needs.

Take time to be with loved ones, to appreciate the good in your life and to love. Allow yourself to receive love and choose to be healthy. Without your health nothing else matters.