How to Live Well
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Chameleon
If you live up to their expectations
will it make you happy?
If you find your hopes and dreams
will it make them happy?
Are they your dreams, or their hopes?
Lost between obligation and aspiration,
adapting to each situation
diluting your intentions with others ambitions;
a marionette operating under societal instruction.
A tug on the strings pulls on your heart.
Stepping away against your will…
Acceptance versus desire,
Which will you follow?
With which do you lead?
Are You Getting Proper Nutrients From Your Vitamins?
There is a lot of misleading information out there on what vitamins are best for you. If you take vitamins or supplements I’d even bet if you’ve been subjected to other’s opinions on what is best for you, or why what they take is superior. Today I’m going to strip away the hype and start from the foundational paradigms on which vitamins are made. We’ll begin by looking at the two different philosophies – synthetic and whole food.
Why Do I Need Vitamins or Supplements?
Here’s something I learned after a decade of working in the health and wellness field – trying to change a person’s mind about nutrition is hard. Many of our nutritional beliefs are passed down from our parents, and while proper eating principles are timeless, our food supply has changed and we must adapt. For the purposes of this post, nutrition = what one eats, what they don’t eat, and what vitamins they take (if any).
Your Playground
An undiscovered world
awaits your big blue eyes.
It’s beautiful,
magical,
and at times terrifying.
This crazy place is now your home,
your playground.
It’s vast, yet can feel small.
Open, but can be suffocating.
It’s yours to shape.
To mold like clay and create anew,
rediscovering and redesigning as you grow.
That’s the challenge of life here,
to keep seeing through fresh eyes and
not become numb to the beauty and need all around you.
They are everywhere, if you are willing to look.
I’ll guide you if you can show me.
We All Live In The Same World; How Can It Be So Different?
This was written by my wife, Casey. It’s about a life changing experience she had while on a mission trip to El Salvador. I’m encouraging her to share her writing more, as she is a wonderful storyteller. I hope this inspires you as it has me. – Cole
When I was seventeen I went to El Salvador with my church youth group. I really didn’t go for any of the right reasons at all. I didn’t go down there because I had this huge urge to help people; I thought that would be an added bonus. The main reason I went down there was for me. I thought it would be nice to have a vacation…to go to another country…to hang out with a couple of my friends who were going down there with me, etc.
Have You Been Wrecked?
Wrecked is one of those books that can change you, if you let it. I’d go as far as say it’s a must read.
Why?
The message within it’s pages is quite literally the opposite of the way our culture lives. As the book starts making you uncomfortable, you begin to understand why – it is speaking directly to the heart of humanity:
Wrecked – An Interview with Jeff Goins
I want to begin by saying that Wrecked is a gift. An invitation to a better, more purposeful life. As I was turning the pages I could envision my journey to where God has brought me, and was compelled to commit and endure more than ever.
For our generation and the one coming after us, I think Jeff has done a rare thing – put out the right book for the right time.
Succumb
Never a passing moment too soon
saving me from rationality.
Escape my head, tear out my heart
for it hurts too much to beat.
Beat me to death if I would let it…
But where do I hide
with no sanctuary of the mind preserved?
In the early hours before daybreak
I am left trembling in the shadows.
Show me the way, for I will follow you…
Life’s Waiting to Begin
I wrote this while laying in bed sometime around 3:00am staring at my 3 day old boy. He amazes me, and is giving me a better understanding of God’s love for us.
It’s overwhelming.
After the poem are pictures and the story.
