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Being Healthy: Form Before Function
Hotep, Islam, Shalom, Greetings Family:
I was approached by a neighbor recently, and was asked, how do I have the energy to keep up with my girls?! First, I was going to respond and say, "Parenting isn't a spectator sport!" True, but how could I impart the teaching I got growing up, without taking away too much time from my girls, just to explain it to an onlooker? My response was simply to remind my neighbor, we once were kids, and that function follows form! Let's dive right in:
A "cup of water" is only a cup of water, because there's the cup giving the form! A house is only as good as its foundation; a foundation is only as good as the blueprint for the construction of that house. Everything is sourced from a form, that then lends itself into a function or functions! We're all guilty of negligence of our mind, body and spirit-- in whole or in part--at different points of our lives. We know deep down when we're not listening to our conscience and intuition about said matters. Being healthy, isn't by far, stuck in the realms of physicality and body alone. That physical realm is just the function layer of an inner form. If one has a healthy mind and thoughts, that'll lead to healthy process and behaviors; resulting in a healthy reflection or outcome. We get too caught up in the function or result, and not aware of the form that'll give purpose and energy to that desire. Flo Jo, is an excellent example of this premise, of form before function! May her spirit shine upon us all! She was impeccable in function and external physical form --for sprinting-- ,but her internal works, form of forms, had a different story to tell. Do the forensic research and you'll understand!
Our bodies, the temple of the Creator, is a direct reflection of our full internal production or lack thereof! As many have heard, some have listened, and a select few have acknowledged: also in Our Father's Prayer: what is so above, shall be below; what is resonate in, shall resonate out . . .this reciprocity is marvelous, balanced and equivalent! If one wants to paint their walls different colors, equivalent to a function; if there's no stable, capable and formed walls, equivalent to form. Then one is operating out of balance, and existing in ignorance and vanity, which surely will fade away, let alone paint on a new look! Health is not a look, but merely a result, of a healthy, balanced, purpose-driven internal production! For my neighbor: be as a kid's mind, body and spirit that knows no limit, and be and keep reflective in a healthy form: thinking, eating and moving, that'll keep the energy flowing!!! I hope I didn't make this too esoteric?
Keep inspired to help yourself and others stand for something worthwhile. Read more and learn more, to make the world a better place. . .Substance people, substance!
I was approached by a neighbor recently, and was asked, how do I have the energy to keep up with my girls?! First, I was going to respond and say, "Parenting isn't a spectator sport!" True, but how could I impart the teaching I got growing up, without taking away too much time from my girls, just to explain it to an onlooker? My response was simply to remind my neighbor, we once were kids, and that function follows form! Let's dive right in:
A "cup of water" is only a cup of water, because there's the cup giving the form! A house is only as good as its foundation; a foundation is only as good as the blueprint for the construction of that house. Everything is sourced from a form, that then lends itself into a function or functions! We're all guilty of negligence of our mind, body and spirit-- in whole or in part--at different points of our lives. We know deep down when we're not listening to our conscience and intuition about said matters. Being healthy, isn't by far, stuck in the realms of physicality and body alone. That physical realm is just the function layer of an inner form. If one has a healthy mind and thoughts, that'll lead to healthy process and behaviors; resulting in a healthy reflection or outcome. We get too caught up in the function or result, and not aware of the form that'll give purpose and energy to that desire. Flo Jo, is an excellent example of this premise, of form before function! May her spirit shine upon us all! She was impeccable in function and external physical form --for sprinting-- ,but her internal works, form of forms, had a different story to tell. Do the forensic research and you'll understand!
Our bodies, the temple of the Creator, is a direct reflection of our full internal production or lack thereof! As many have heard, some have listened, and a select few have acknowledged: also in Our Father's Prayer: what is so above, shall be below; what is resonate in, shall resonate out . . .this reciprocity is marvelous, balanced and equivalent! If one wants to paint their walls different colors, equivalent to a function; if there's no stable, capable and formed walls, equivalent to form. Then one is operating out of balance, and existing in ignorance and vanity, which surely will fade away, let alone paint on a new look! Health is not a look, but merely a result, of a healthy, balanced, purpose-driven internal production! For my neighbor: be as a kid's mind, body and spirit that knows no limit, and be and keep reflective in a healthy form: thinking, eating and moving, that'll keep the energy flowing!!! I hope I didn't make this too esoteric?
Keep inspired to help yourself and others stand for something worthwhile. Read more and learn more, to make the world a better place. . .Substance people, substance!
Posted by Sneferu at 4/13/2009 10:04 AM 
Categories: Health
Tags: performance form parenting energy function rearing health exercise
Categories: Health
Tags: performance form parenting energy function rearing health exercise
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