Get emotional and excited over every trifling occurrence, especially if it is no concern of yours.
Eat and drink indiscriminately. Your stomach is only a sink, anyway, and being made of cast iron, will stand anything.
Cut down your sleep. This is an excellent way to undermine the nervous system.
Never relax. That would give the body a chance to recuperate. Avoid all exercise. Exercise promotes circulation.
Read as much as you can about diseases and ailments. Your public library will carry many suitable books.
Discuss your own ailments at great length and, if you have had an operation, give dramatic little lectures about it at every opportunity.
Take good care of your dog, and your horse, and your automobile, but neglect your body. The Bible says that your body is the Temple of
the Holy Spirit, and to go against the Bible is always a good shortcut to trouble.
If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight; I wilt put none
of these diseases upon thee for I am the Lord that healeth thee (Exodus 15:26).
Unresolved stress, poor nutrition, lack of sleep, too little down time, lack of exercise, focusing on illness and abusing our bodies has killed more people and caused more bad health than all the diseases, accidents and wars in the world combined. Our body is not only God’s temple, it is a miracle of self-healing and regeneration; but we must treat it properly, give it what it needs and maintain it regularly or it will fail us. This is not optional and good health is not accidental. Neither is it merely or a matter of good genes. Even the best genes can be overcome by abuse and the worst genes can be fortified by good health practices and positive mental attitudes.
As with all things, good health begins in our minds and is expressed into the physical world through our habits. Exercise, rest, good nutrition and positive mental states are essential aspects of a healthy life. They are not luxuries or self-indulgences. If we are to enjoy the benefits of our miraculous bodies, and we are to respect God’s abode here in the physical plane, then we must care for our bodies, spirits and minds.
Today, as Holy Week begins to close the season of Lent, and as we prepare to rejoice in the risen Lord, let each of us catalog those negative attitudes and behaviors that we must lay down in our tombs. Let each of us have the courage to endure our own passion experience so that with God’s help, we may bury the negativity of our human nature and resurrect our new and reborn spiritual selves.
Burying the old,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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