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Spring into action. It’s good for your health.

September 1, 2019 By Beverly Goldsmith Leave a Comment

Spring into action. It's good for your health. What a joy it is to wake up every morning ready to spring into action and do what needs to be done. Most days there are things to do, places to go, people to see, or perhaps a special activity to tackle. While it can be tempting to pull the blankets up and not do anything, the desire to put things off for as long as possible, needs to be snuffed out. After all, the aim of living is to enjoy being proactive, and to get on with undertaking worthwhile activities.

Welcome in Spring. It’s good for your health.

August 30, 2019 By Beverly Goldsmith Leave a Comment

Winter is over! It’s time to throw open the windows of thought and welcome in Spring. Right now as trees burst into blossom, the buds of our new life-opportunities are also emerging. They’re ready to flower into fresh starts, new beginnings, or new perspectives. These make each new day positive and productive. Welcoming the change of season, is a good time to reflect, recharge, refocus, and renew your inner self. What’s more it’s good for your health.

WELCOME IN SPRING:

When Spring arrives, a friend of mine welcomes it in by swinging into action. Her house gets a massive clean up. Windows are washed. Cupboards are sorted and aired. She also undertakes a health-bringing, mental clean out of regrets, unhappy memories and disappointments. To help you welcome in Spring, here are some simple you-can-do tips.

TRY THESE TIPS:

– Change your winter-like “I can’t ” thoughts, into spring-like “I can ” ones. Every day offers new prospects for greater health and happiness. Right now, you are a can-do person with lots of good ideas and the ability to put them into action. Emerge from your winter hibernation and get cracking!

– Let yourself be inspired by spring-cleaning activity. Open your heart and mind. Let tender thoughts and kind words blossom into caring actions. “The human heart, like a feather bed, needs often to be stirred, sometimes roughly, and given a variety of turns, else it grows hard and uncomfortable whereon to repose.” Mary Baker Eddy, Miscellaneous Writings. p.127

– Mentally close the door on the past. Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. Open the door of your thought to the future, and eagerly step through to a happier, healthier life.

– Spring into action. Turn your wintery dreams into springtime activities. Take up a new hobby, advance your learning, join a group, make new friends. There’s no need to sit in the darkness of gloomy thinking. Open the window of thought and welcome in sparkling, fresh ideas.

– Think about the flowers and birds. You can spring forward fearlessly as nature does. Embrace the change of season with confident freedom. It’s possible to enjoy the loveliness of springtime and remain well. “The violet lifts her blue eye to greet the early spring. The leaves clap their hands as nature’s untired worshippers. The snowbird sings and soars amid the blasts; he has no catarrh from wet feet.” Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health p.220

– Take the test. Welcome in Spring and see divine Love “open the windows of heaven and pour out on you in abundance all kinds of good things.” The Bible. Malachi 3:10

Beverly Goldsmith writes on the connection between spirituality and health and is an experienced Christian Science practitioner and teacher.

– This article is published on Motherpedia. Read more from Beverly on Motherpedia…
– Also published in the SEPTEMBER 2018 edition of Around Point Cook and Around Altona Community newspapers in print and online via Issuu.

Beat loneliness. It’s good for your health.

August 30, 2019 By Beverly Goldsmith Leave a Comment

Beat loneliness. Itâs good for your health.

As you walk along the road of life, it’s surprising how loneliness can sneak up on you. Out of the blue, the sudden loss of, or separation from, someone you care deeply about, can leave you stranded on the roadside feeling alone and bereft. However, right now it’s possible to beat loneliness and again experience the joy of companionship that’s good for your health.

KEEP WALKING THE PATHWAY OF LIFE.

When loneliness strikes, the tendency is to shut one’s self away and temporarily stop living life to the full. The answer to such sadness and isolation, is to get out and keep walking along the pathway of life. It’s possible to do this and engage with others again. A friend who lives alone did just this. One day she visited a new café and sat down at a long bench table. To her surprise, several other women soon joined her. They told her they came at that time every week. She was invited to join them for coffee and pleasant conversation. Her decision to keep walking the pathway of life has led to a happy weekly outing and the companionship of new friends.

FOUR TIPS TO BEAT LONELINESS

– Have courage to leave the house. Take yourself to a café for example. Engage staff in small talk for 30 seconds. Don’t sit in silence. Even at the supermarket check-out you can speak up. Thank others for their good service. Such conversation will lift your spirits, and your kind comments will make someone’s day.

– Never think of your life as being an empty space. It isn’t. “Would existence without personal friends be to you a blank? Then the time will come when you will be solitary, left without sympathy; but this seeming vacuum is already filled with divine Love.” Mary Baker Eddy. Science and Health p.266

– Get motivated. Energize your enthusiasm for life. Remind yourself that you are an ‘I-am’ friendly, sociable person. You can beat loneliness. There is a divine Helper that gives you the courage, determination and confidence to be companioned, befriended, happy and healthy. You can say about this empowering Helper, “You make known to me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.” Bible. Psalm 16:11

– Put on your life-walking shoes and be an outgoing, cheerful giver. Share your recipes or lemons from your tree with neighbors, work colleagues, other parents or grandparents. Everyone loves someone who gladly gives of their good ideas or bounty. So open your heart, and get ready to happily reach out to others around you. Right now you can enjoy walking the pathway of life and beat loneliness.

Beverly Goldsmith writes on the connection between spirituality and health and is an experienced Christian Science practitioner and teacher.

– This article is published on Motherpedia. Read more from Beverly on Motherpedia…
– Also published in the NOVEMBER 2018 edition of Around Point Cook Community newspaper in print and online via Issuu.

Start the day right. It’s good for your health

August 29, 2019 By Beverly Goldsmith Leave a Comment

Start the day right. It’s good for your health How good is it to wake up in the morning ready to start the day right! To get up refreshed, happy, and rearing to go, is something worth achieving. So how do you start the day right and get off to a flying start? There are many ideas about this ranging from eating a healthy breakfast to meditating. For many people though there’s another way to start the day, and it’s proven to be highly effective.

One morning a woman woke feeling stressed and worn-out. In thinking about this, she found herself blaming her job workload. Right away she decided to start the day right, and commenced her morning spiritual routine. She gave thanks that divine Spirit was constantly supplying her with boundless vitality and stamina. She reasoned that because of this, her good health could never be depleted by doing an honest day’s work. As a result of this early morning spiritual thinking, she felt reinvigorated and quickly returned to being her normal, lively self.

6 TIPS TO START THE DAY RIGHT

– Start the day right by establishing a regular morning routine. Make it a daily practice to think spiritually before getting out of bed, checking your smartphone, or dealing with family matters.

– As soon as you wake up, take a moment to give thanks that divine Love is caring for you and the family. Make a prayer of gratitude about it. “Thank you divine Love, that You’re right here with us. Your loving care will meet our every need.”

– Dump negative, unhealthy thoughts or fears. Fill your mind instead with health-bringing, wholesome thoughts. “Admitting only such conclusions as you wish realized in bodily results, you will control yourself harmoniously.” Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health p.392

– At the end of the day, prepare for tomorrow. Disengage for sleep-time. Have zero notifications from apps and phones at night. Fall asleep being grateful for Love’s care of you and the family.

– Next morning, start the day right. Make it a priority to think spiritually. “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.” Bible. Psalm 143:8

– As you head out the door, remember that your health, happiness and security come from a divine source and are always present. Then, be sure to keep this in mind throughout the day. You’ll be glad you did. So start the day right. It’s good for your health.

Beverly Goldsmith writes on the connection between spirituality and health and is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing.

– This article is published on Motherpedia. Read more from Beverly on Motherpedia…
– Also published in the AUGUST 2019 edition of Around Point Cook Community newspaper in print and online via Issuu.

Be happy. It’s good for your health

August 29, 2019 By Beverly Goldsmith Leave a Comment

Be happy. It’s good for your health There are many reasons to be happy with one’s lot in life, and then there may be some that make you feel unhappy about it. But when asked, most of us just want to be happy – to have someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to. We’d all like to be healthy, financially secure, connected and satisfied. So how do we achieve and maintain a consistently happy frame of mind?

To be happy moment-by-moment is not as difficult as you may think. It’s actually our natural state of being. It’s quite normal to have positive levels of happiness and contentment. As individuals we’re very resilient and able to bounce back readily when bad things drag our spirits down.

For years a friend found it difficult to retain happiness. Even little things that went wrong would instantly plunge him into prolonged unhappiness. This changed when he learned to think spiritually about himself. It seemed entirely probable to him that a divine Creator had ‘programmed’ him to not only be happy but to stay happy. Possessing resilient, balanced thinking, was actually native to him and everyone, thus he could resist becoming unhappy. This change in thinking had a positive effect. Things, big or little, ceased to drag him down into depression, and he went on to be a normally happy person.

4 TIPS TO BE HAPPY:

– Think of happiness as a spiritual quality that resides permanently in your heart and mind. You have it and you can also share it with others. “Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.” Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health p. 57:18

– Expect to feel perfectly normal and positive about yourself each and every day, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Experiencing heart-felt gladness, is supported through a connection with the divine source of happiness. “I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil.” Bible. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13.

– Don’t wait for something or someone to make you happy. True contentment and buoyancy of spirit isn’t something to be sought out and then acquired. It’s yours already.

– Be proactive. Open your thinking, and allow the joy of happiness to be expressed in you. You can defeat unhappy thoughts and feelings and be happy in all you do. Knowing this is good for your health.

Beverly Goldsmith writes on the connection between spirituality and health and is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing.

– This article is published on Motherpedia. Read more from Beverly on Motherpedia…

– Also published in the JULY 2019 edition of Around Point Cook and Around Altona Community newspapers in print and online via Issuu.