Year 2: Day 304: Check Your Spiritual Health

It has been so long since my last post and I have so much to say.

I'm not even sure I can get it all out...explain it all.

When I started this blog almost two years ago it was with one simple goal - to record my thoughts while walking and to track my weight (and other stats).

Over the course of that first year, I found myself writing about more than just walking and weight. I quickly discovered that so much (if not all) of my life was interconnected.

Being more physically active (just walking 30 minutes a day) helped my depression lift, I started eating and sleeping better, I laughed more....basically I was improving in ways I could not have foreseen or predicted.

This second year has been so much harder.

The move across country, pinching my sciatic nerve, Steve traveling more for his job and the children becoming more involved in extra-curricular activities (like Drama).

My health suffered.

Walking became almost impossible. I stopped sleeping well, my eating habits when down the tubes, I stopped caring about so many things....and unknown to me, my spiritual side was hurting as well.

I still don't understand how the many different sides are tied together. How the physical, spiritual, and emotional health affect one another, but I know they do.

As I strived to get physically healthy (heck, I still wake up in the morning bent and crooked), I ignored the spiritual and emotional health....I didn't think I needed to worry about those areas.

I was wrong.

100% wrong.

Now, before my mother (and others) have a heart attack thinking something awful has happened, let me assure it has not.

This post is merely an attempt to give some background and some advice.

This post is a gentle reminder to myself and maybe to others that as we strive for physical health we have to include those other areas. They all work together.

I think in tomorrow's post I will go into more details about what happened this week and how it has helped me....maybe even changed me?

Happy Walking!