Day 191:

Boost your self-esteem by treating your body like the temple of the spirit

Your body is the temple to your spirit. Look at what you do to your temple. Is it (metaphorically) full of money changers and filth? An ancient Greek philosopher said, "A healthy mind in a healthy body." Is your body healthy? Do you eat good food? Do you eat mostly fruits, vegetables and cereals, keeping your red meat consumption to the minimum? Or do you eat mostly junk food? Do you exercise regularly or is your main exercise using the TV remote and the computer mouse?

When you look after your body, you are respecting yourself. You are telling yourself that you are someone valuable. Think about it: if you owned a pedigree cat or dog would you feed it foods which were good for its health, or would you feed it junk food and send it to an early grave?

Now for the good news: it does not have to be one hundred percent to count. You can make minor changes in your eating and exercise habits and improve your health and show yourself that you care and boost your self-esteem. Order a salad instead of a cheeseburger now and then. Eat a little less red meat and fat. Eat a little more fruits and vegetables Park the car the other side of the parking lot. Walk for five minutes. Go up those stairs. Tiny changes over time can lead to habit formation and great improvement to your health and boost your self-esteem.

Mullah Nasrudin story:

One day the Mullah came down the hill to the country of Hindustan (India). He was hungry and as he was about to enter the village he saw a man selling strange red fruits. He gave the man a couple of copper coins. These fruits were plentiful and cheap in these part and the man gave him his whole basket and went away. So the Mullah sat on the side of the street and started eating the fruits. His mouth burnt with the first bite but he continued eating the hot fruits. A few minutes later a friend came by and the Mullah who could hardly breath for his mouth was by now a volcano continued eating the fruits. The friend said, "Mullah these are a type of pepper. They are used sparingly in dishes. Don't eat them." The Mullah replied, "I stopped eating these a long long time ago. I'm now eating my money."

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