Friday, May 14, 2021
Neglecting what’s good for you will eventually take its toll on your mind, body, spirit, and circumstance. Denying or ignoring your path to goodness makes the present moment feel dull, boring, frustrating, lonely, or fearful. Your body responds to that neglect, too. It usually comes in the form of excessive weight gain, lethargy, aches and pains, constipation, and possibly even illness. Denial of pursuing what’s best for you will make your body restless, uneasy and uncomfortable. However, if you begin to pay close attention to what’s good for you, to what you truly desire, you’ll begin to notice changes in yourself that lead to more and more wellness. You’ll begin to actually notice a change in your behavior, mood, and attentiveness.
How well you attend to what’s good for you is directly correlated to how much you really love and respect yourself. Do you love yourself enough to ask, “Is this good for me?” If it is, it will please you; it will make you proud of yourself; and it will give you a sense of self-dignity. All manner of your best interests stem from loving yourself so much, that a compromise of what’s good for you feels like betrayal. Betraying your earnest desire for goodness is a sacrifice that doesn’t feel right, it feels like failure and self sabotage. Live the remainder of your days attending to your greater good, and each day will be richer, fuller, and more rewarding than the last. Tune in, primarily to what’s always good for you, not just to what’s always good for others. If giving to others is good for you, then do it; but if it feels obligatory, routine, or laden with guilt – it simply is not serving your greater good. Begin to lovingly attend to your deserving desire for inner goodness, and more outer goodness will be drawn towards you, like a magnet.