Posted by Laurence
• 28Jan

  Health or Wealth? Which Do You Choose First?

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  Some people work 10 hours a week and others may work up to 70 hours a week. Motivation is different for everyone. Some have a full-time job. Others have a part-time job and study. Many people work from home and put in a lot of effort. This effort is sometimes rewarded with loads of money and other times it’s barely providing enough to pay the bills.

  Do you look after your health or does that come second to your work, whatever that may be? It can be very easy to ignore symptoms until it’s too late and you find out you have a serious problem.

  Something that is actually worse is having a relapse after more than three years of being considered “healthy.” This is the point of my post and I am sharing my own story. I am diabetic and up until Sept 2008 I was on high doses of 2 different insulins and 2 different tablets just for the diabetes. Then I had a sleeve gastrectomy and that enabled me to drop 30 kgs. I also went off all diabetes meds.

  I have had some trouble coping with health issues in the last 12 months but didn’t attribute it to diabetes. However, when I had my regular averaged blood sugar test, I found it was 9 when it should be between 5-6 as a maximum. As a result, I am now back on oral tablets for diabetes and have to test my blood sugars at least 3 times a day.

  This news came as a shock but it explains a number of health problems I have had without knowing why. I have also been working too hard, even though I am only able to work part-time my mind tends to never shut off.

  Now I need to focus strictly on eating better, exercising as much as possible and try to drop some of the weight I have regained since the surgery. I was guilty of ignoring my health to a degree because I wanted to work and earn money to pay medical bills.

  Yes, it’s a rather convoluted way of doing things but that is the way it has turned out. So I ask you, do you have medical symptoms or illness that you’re ignoring so you can focus on your work instead? If so, CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE TO YOUR HEALTH TODAY.

  If you don’t, you may find yourself in serious medical trouble that you can’t fix. Don’t let wealth come before health. There’s always tomorrow to do that extra work!

  Has anyone else experienced a similar circumstance and wish to share it here? I know I have had a lot of new signups so it would be valuable to share experiences.

  Tags: attitude, diabetes, experiences, health, sugars, tablets, wealth

  Posted by Laurence on January 28, 2012 at 20:39

Posted by Laurence
• 10Jan

  Never Give Up

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  I came across this while reading threads in the Warrior Forum and felt the need to share it with my readers. I hope it means something to you. It certainly does to me.

   

  Hope that this boosts your morale at times when it seems things are not working as well as you would like… there are people who we are fighting for and reasons to do so…that’s why we fight.

  The Important Things in Life

  A philosophy professor stood before his class with some items on the table in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter.

  He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.

  So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.

  He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
  The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.

  He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.”

  “Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks are the important things – your family, your partner, your health, your children – things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

  The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car.

  The sand is everything else. The small stuff.”

  “If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued “there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life.

  If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal.

  Take care of the rocks first – the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”

  Tags: energy, family, health, important, priorities

  Posted by Laurence on January 10, 2012 at 07:30

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