Healthy You Challenge

It was easy to pick the blogger of the week because three of you emailed this post and asked that it be named blog post of the week.

As fate would have it, the wonderful Pattie who wrote this post is also celebrating her 51st birthday today! So not only would I like to say thank you to Pattie for a wonderful post, I'd like to wish her a very happy birthday!!

The post is called Yes or No? Pattie tells us she heard an expression "When you say Yes to something, you say NO to something else" How true is that? Below is the rest of Patties post but you should really head over to her blog to check it out for yourself...and wish her a happy birthday while you're over there!

Monday, March 24, 2008

Yes or No?

I heard an expression recently that keeps running through my head:

When you say YES to something, you say NO to something else.

Isn't that powerful?

For me, that expression is all about choices and consequences. Some are immediate. For instance: when I chose to go for a walk, I give up spending that time quilting. Bam! That 45 minutes is gone. Conversely, when I say YES to not exercising, I get the time to quilt, but I say NO to greater stamina and flexibility -- a more long-term consequence of my choice.

I think we all face that YES/NO question in many areas of our lives: how we use our time, how we spend our money, how we deal with our relationships, how we take care of ourselves.

If I say YES to a wonderful job I'm interviewing for this morning, I say NO to the freedom I've come to enjoy. If we say YES to giving our daughter the wedding of her dreams, we say NO to a secure retirement for ourselves. If I say YES to the choice to eat what I want, when I want it, I say NO to an active and healthy old age.

When you say YES to something, you say NO to something else.

It's all about choosing the direction we want to take in our lives. On days like today, however, I wish someone would give me a clear road map to follow!

Until next time...