Unit 5 Assignment

When reviewing the Loving Kindness exercise, I noticed that this focused on someone who brings love and tenderness (Dacher, 2006) into your life and has you get in touch with those feelings.  Focusing on someone that I love and adore was so easy, since it is a fresh topic in my life.  I have met the most wonderful man in the world, who is there for support, guidance, helping hand, shoulder to cry on and so much love in his heart.  In the three months that we have been together, he has been with me through all the trying times that have come along in my life.  There were some good and happy times, but he also helped me get through the negative things with so much emotional support.  So to me, this exercise of loving kindness was easier to relate to and process and understand.  Since I have so many loving people in my life, whether members of my fitness facility, family or friends that I offered love, support and happiness to them all.  I pray for them often.  I wish their suffering away and hope for only the best for them to have a happy, healthy and prosperous life.  The benefits showed me how blessed I am to have so many great people in my life and so much compassion for those that need a little extra love and support in theirs.  The only frustrations have to do with the amount of time it does take me to unwind, practice and calm down.  I seem to be so wound up that most of the time it takes so much extra time to open my mind to let the good calm thoughts in.

The connection of the spiritual wellness to mental and physical wellness.  I have learned that the key to spiritual wellness and finding the balance to achieving a happy, healthy and whole mind is to pray and give all your worries up to the Lord.  Once you realize this important factor, you then can move forward to gain your mental and physical wellness.  I still find that I fight this vital piece of information and try to handle situations on my own and eventually learn that the missing link was giving all my worries and fears up to God.  This is key!!!!

Dacher, Elliott S.  (2006).  Integral Health.  The Path to Human Flourishing.  Laguna Beach, Ca:  Basic Health Publications, Inc.