Hello folks,

The Inspirational Sunday Video feature is one of the most popular features I post to this website. In our last issue of this feature we posted a song “Butterflies” by Cindy Ashton. Here is the link: Butterflies. I was honored to receive a comment from her about the post. I urge to go back and read it and listen to her beautiful song. I guarantee it will inspire you.

Part of the fun of doing this column is doing the research for the right music or right video. I have featured many of the inspiring and instructive video from TED. I also believe that music has a power to move the soul, like nothing else. I have featured a lot of music over the last few years that moved me deeply, and, as well Many of you.

I spend hours finding the right video. Some weeks the search turns up nothing, but not often. I only post something if it really moves me. That’s my criteria.

This week I am honored to have a friend and fellow blogger, Mitch Mitchell, suggest a song to me. I went straight away to listen to it. As soon as I heard the opening bars, I knew it would be this week’s selection. So a nod of gratitude to Mitch. I hope you all enjoy.

And if you like this selection, there is over three years of material in the archives. Just go to the right of this column, under categories and click on Inspirational Videos.

Enjoy Your weekend with family and friends.

Nick

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Mount Baker in Washington State: Photo Pauline DeForest

“This is the trilogy of your human endowments. To improve your mind without the cultivation of your physical gifts would be a very hollow victory. Elevating your mind and body to their highest level without nurturing your soul would leave you feeling very empty and unfulfilled. But when you dedicate your energies to unlocking the full potential of all three of your human endowments, you will taste the divine ecstasy of an enlightened life.”

Source: Robin Sharma: The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny

The Trilogy of Enlightenment

Abandon one to the peril of the other two.

This holy trinity is repeated in many religions.

This doesn’t mean that you need to be an Olympic athlete or an Einstein. Instead it means that you devote some part of your time to each of the three. Care and feeding of the body means a balance diet, and healthy exercise.

Walking is one of the very best things you can do to invigorate the body, stimulate the mind, and inspire the spirit.

Gardening is another activity that feeds the trilogy.

Right now I can still smell the scent of rosemary on my hands from planting the herb in a new spot in the garden. The scent all by itself inspires. Rosemary combined with simple food feeds the body, the mind and the soul.

How do you get that walk in every day. Ten to twenty minutes would do. You just have to commit to the activity. What provides the greatest good for your body, mind and soul; thirty minutes on the coach watching your favorite TV program or a 30 minute walk about the block? It’s a matter of priorities.

Work exercise into your morning routine.

Try to do the activity at the same time every day. This way it becomes, in 21 days, a habit. Start off small and work up. Yoga is a wonderful way to bring youth and vitality to your body.

Food

The food you eat is an important element in the health not only of the body but also the mind and the soul.

To me nothing exemplifies a proper diet more than the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid in the illustration below. I have also included information about the pyramid issued in a press release with this update Pyramid. I invite you to go to the website links included in the press release.

My favorite source for Mediterranean Recipes is a Cookbook by Paula Wolfert Mediterranean Cooking

Oldways Press Release:

Last November, Oldways convened a high-level international meeting of leading nutrition scientists to review the very large number of recent studies expanding support for the healthful Mediterranean Diet.

Do Something

What ever you do, do something, for whatever time you have available.

I do a Sunrise Salutation; a series of yoga exercises, push-ups (my goal is to get to 100) and then my one hour meditation.

I attempt to follow the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid as much as possible.

This morning as I sat to do the meditation, I felt a flush of exhilaration, rather than a mopey morning lethargy.

Try it, you’ll like it…after a while.

To your body, mind and soul,

Nick Grimshawe

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