There are some things people seem to take for granted; one thing is their health and their body.  When you are not mindful you take little notice of anything in your environment.  You simply react to things as they come along.

Often the same thing happens with your body.  You eat mindlessly, work way too many hours and try and shortchange sleep.  Then when your body becomes sick you wonder how this illness "came out of nowhere".  You attribute it to a thoughtless coworker who didn't have enough sense to stay home when they were sick.  

However, your body has been sending you signals that you are getting sick weeks ago; you simply chose to ignore them.  Yet it wasn't a conscious decision; you just mindlessly went about the days. Today I talk about how you could have avoided getting sick by listening to your body.

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I went to the doctor for my annual checkup and he said everything was absolutely perfect except for my fasting blood sugar.  He said it was a little high but it would go back to the range it needed to be if I lost roughly ten pounds.  I was thinking I wanted to do the same thing, get leaner.  So I have been eating like a champ and have already lost 2 pounds.  The biggest reason I have been able to determine is sleeping at least 7 hours a night.  Today I am going to talk about exactly why that is and how to make sure you are getting what you need as well.

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All this week I have talked about very practical ways about dealing with hardships, from mental toughness, to the story of Helen Keller.  I even talked about how to proactively get ready for difficulties.  But today I want to talk about some equally important elements for overcoming that are less talked about, mainly because they are invisible.  However, just because they are invisible doesn't mean they lack power.  Today I talk about increasing your hope and faith.

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