Break the Fast.
- The first meal of our day is commonly known as breakfast. To “Break” the “Fast” we have been observing since going to sleep the night before.
- As the saying goes “It’s best to eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. This helps to burn body fat and keep our blood sugar level even throughout the day.
- It acts like a light at the end of a tunnel and a reason to stay focused despite our midday cravings for something sweet. It is a mouthful that is a commitment to a new day.
- Whenever it rains and people huddle under their umbrellas, the child inside us wants to throw away our rain gear and enjoy the raindrops on our face and the puddles that follow.
- No breakfast means no energy for our body and no nutrients going to our brain since dinner the night before. Our organs need to be fed so they can function well.
- When we eat bacon and eggs, the chicken contributes, but the pig commits. If our mouth salivates when we smell a good meal, then, we are already committed in our hearts.
Nutrition.
- Our view of nutrition is a picture we created in our mind of a busy ritual. Just as birds have an instinct to fly and fish have an instinct to swim, we have an instinct to be in control of our lives, circumstances, decisions and environment.
- Nutrition is one of the building blocks of a healthy life. Many of the common health issues that exist today can simply be prevented with a healthy diet, yet obesity is currently a major issue.
- The art of being happy incorporates the ability to see beauty everywhere and to be able to enjoy simple things. We should never make an important decision until we’ve had a nutritious meal.
- Our mind is a muscle that needs exercise and nutrition to develop, and understanding the written word is one way our mind can grow in its ability. Everybody wants to talk, but very few can listen.
Feeding our Minds.
- What we eat is only half of the story of our nutrition, and the other half is what we feed our minds. It is a form of visual exercise that keeps our minds young, healthy and sharp.
- When we bring our feelings, beliefs, habits, and attitudes to the table, we can learn how to work with our body’s natural processes instead of fighting against them.
- Throughout our day, everything we see, hear, feel, and think has an impact on our minds. Our mind doesn’t forget things easily. It tries to remember everything it comes across in our life.
- That’s because, every day, instead of taking responsibility to fill our mind with the right thoughts, we let out mind fill itself with whatever thoughts it comes across.
- Understanding the written word is a good way to grow our minds and develop our language skills. It is one of the best ways to feel energised and prepared for our day.
- It is a nice quiet thinking time before the chaos of the day begins. Making it a habit right after we wake up is the ultimate solution to keeping us motivated before our day starts.
Reading.
- Reading is to our mind what nutrition is to our body. It is through reading that we gather ideas as well as enrich our brain with productive thoughts and accelerate our imagination and innovation.
- Reading is like breathing in, and writing is like breathing out. We inhale new ideas, perspectives and worldviews while exhaling our voice, hopes, wonderings and opinions into the world.
- A book acts as a mentor to provide valuable guidance on how to tell stories and craft strong ideas. Words spoken or written are the building blocks of our life. We are the results of what we saw, heard, read or believed about ourselves.
- The more time we spend reading and learning, the faster we’ll be able to connect new concepts and spot patterns. It allows us to expose ourselves to new potentials for change and build our knowledge base.
- Without the ability to read it’s easier to be controlled and manipulated by others because we are unable to do our research and thinking. We rely on what we are told and how our emotions are swayed to make decisions.
- Books, magazines and the internet are great learning tools that require our ability to read and understand what is written.
- What we become in the future will depend on the words we believe about ourselves now. Cultures, traditions, families, relationships and nations are built from words.
- From the moment we start to read and learn, we try to overcome our ignorance by learning as much about the world as we can. Our learning never stops.
- Each day we learn something new about our world. To most of us, what matters most is what our world is made up of and how it runs. We focus most of our learning on the world that’s outside us.
- Written ideas communicated through books is the foundation of civilisation. The word democracy which means rule by the people has its origin in the Greek language.
- The flow of ideas cannot be stopped, so we read and research to build on the good ideas and expose the bad ideas before they bring destruction.
- Ideas written down have changed the destiny of nations and our pen is always mightier than our sword. We are armed in this never-ending struggle to survive by our ability to inhale through reading and exhale through writing.
- Day-to-day activities that we all take for granted become a source of frustration, anger and fear if we are unable to read and write.
- Filling out an application without help becomes impossible. Reading road and warning signs become difficult. Even following a map becomes a chore.
- Lack of listening and communication skills can result in major misunderstandings which can lead to job loss, relationship breakup and other problems.
- We can travel around the world in our minds and become kings or adventurers with endless possibilities. We can educate ourselves in any area of life we are interested in and make a difference to others.
When we open our mouths, we introduce ourselves to the world, and we must accept no one’s definition of our life by defining who we are.
Only the truth of who we are, if realised, will set us free from the shackles of others. We bite through discomfort to celebrate milestones we get along the way.