Month: April 2018

Why Knowing Your Resting and Exercise Heart Rate is Critical to Good Health

What do you know about your resting and exercise heart rate? What should you know? Were you able to get an idea of what your normal resting heart rate is when you established some baselines for your vitals a couple of weeks ago? (See April 4th’s post: Welcome to Workout Wednesdays! http://andreaarthurowan.com/2018/04/04/welcome-to-workout-wednesdays/admin/ )

Before we get too far down the road with a discussion about heart rate, let’s start with the basics, so we can continue laying those important health and fitness tip brick foundations!

 

Heart Rate basics—

While you probably know what your resting heart rate measures—how many times your heart beats in a minute—do you know what that number actually tells you about your heart and your health?

Simply put, resting heart rate tells you just how hard your heart is working while at rest to supply your body’s oxygen needs. Just how many times does it have to contract in a minute to squirt blood through the pipes to get your body oxygenated for plain old activities of daily living, or sleeping, or sitting in a chair watching television?

 

Two more things your resting heart rate can tell you—

  • Reveal your risk for heart attack, and
  • Reveal your aerobic capacity—the amount of oxygen your body is able to consume, or the heart’s ability to pump oxygenated blood to your muscles.

 

As your oxygen supply needs change throughout the day, your heart will speed up or slow down to accommodate those needs. Or at least it should. What is “normal” for you, though, will depend upon your age, gender, and fitness level.

According to a Harvard Women’s Health Watch on-line article titled “What Your Heart Rate is Telling You,” says a 2010 Women’s Health Initiative study report indicated that a lower heart rate in post-menopausal women might protect against heart attacks. Those having a resting heart rate of 76 beats per minute (bpm) or greater were 26% more likely to have a heart attack or die than those having a resting heart rate of 62 bpm or lower.

They recommended having a chat with your doctor if your resting heart rate hovers consistently above 80 bpm. (For further reading, see the link at the bottom of this post.)

It’s also a good idea to take your resting heart occasionally (don’t just rely on a one-time measurement) so you can determine how, and if it’s changing. If you see a sudden change from what’s “normal” for you, it’s a good idea to discuss this with your physician. It may be a symptom or indicator of something going on with your heart or vascular health.

 

What you need to know about maximum heart rate in exercise—

Your heart rate usually rises during intense workouts, prolonged long-distance (aerobic) exercise workouts, stress and illness. Your heart’s maximum heart rate is the rate at which your heart is working at its hardest to supply oxygen to your body. In exercise, this is the rate that can only be sustained for several minutes.

Your maximum heart rate is a function of that aerobic capacity we already mentioned. When an exercise physiologist measures it, she’ll write in terms of VO2 max and actually measure the volume of oxygen you move through your lungs during exercise. To get an exact measurement, it’s a complicated, messy process of actually breathing into a tube during exercise, collecting your breath in a bag and then analyzing that volume through a special machine. The more conditioned you are, the higher your VO2 max usually is.

 

How do you calculate your maximum exercise heart rate?

Ever go to the gym, hop on a treadmill or stationary bike and see the maximum heart rate formula and exercise intensity graph to indicate where you should be exercising for your age?

The basic formula is: 220 – your age x 50 – 70%

Start with the number 220 and then subtract your age from that. If you’re 40 years old, it will be 180 bpm. So what does that tell you? It tells you that 180 bpm is the highest heart rate number you should obtain while exercising at your maximum level. But you’ve already seen that the maximum level can only be, and should only be, sustained for no more than several minutes.

So, unless you’re planning to exercise for just two to three minutes, how do you decide what heart rate you should be exercising at?

Well, it really depends upon what you’re trying to achieve. We’ll delve into those specifics in a future post, but, in general, you could aim for 50- 70 or 80% of 180. So the formula would look like:

 

Max HR formula: 220 minus your age multiplied by .50, .60, .70, or .80

 

If you’re aiming for middle-of-the-road, new exerciser level, that number would come in around 90 bpm. Doesn’t sound very high, does it? But it can be a sound level to aim for if you’re an exercise newbie, or just getting back into the swing of things following an illness.

HOWEVER, that formula is NOT the most accurate or desirable formula if:

—You are in good physical condition.

—You have a low resting heart rate.

 

So what is the most desirable formula? We’ll explore that in next week’s post, when I’ll give you that critical formula to help you better judge and develop your personal exercise intensity. *

 

 

One more (GREAT) reason to strive for a lower heart rate—   

 

 

If lowering your risk of having or dying of a heart attack isn’t enough, maybe this other finding noted in Harvard’s article might give you a nudge to lower your heart rate.

 

“… a small controlled trial demonstrated that men and women with mild cognitive impairment who raised their aerobic capacity also improved their performance on tests of memory and reasoning.”

 

In later posts, you’ll learn more about how physical exercise doesn’t just help the body but improves brain function! And who doesn’t want to have a better, sharper brain?

 

 Trivia Question?

Which athletes are notorious for boasting the highest VO2 maximum measurements? (You’ll learn the answer next Wednesday!)

 

Until next time,

Blessings for prosperity in all things—emotional, physical and spiritual!

Andrea

 

*You should always check with your doctor about what your target heart rate should be if you’re taking medication for a heart condition.

Link: Harvard Health article “What Your Heart Rate is Telling You https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/what-your-heart-rate-is-telling-you

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How Well Do You Know Your Own Worldview?

If I asked you the question “What is your worldview?” how would you respond? You might be able to shoot me an answer right away, or maybe you need to think about it before responding. Or you might ask me to elaborate. So I’d ask, “What thoughts have shaped your view of the world?” And then I might ask who shaped your thoughts? Which philosopher, teacher, politician, social media personality, or Hollywood star?

 

Are you and original thinker?

Most people believe their opinions are their own, but that’s seldom true. How many of us, really, have original thoughts? Most of the time our beliefs are molded over years of listening to other people, and then shaping them as we live our lives and allow others to influence us. If you have doubts, ask someone why they believe what they believe, and you often get a blank look, a pause, stutter, and an “I don’t know.”

 

What do you believe and why do you believe it?

It all comes down to where you get your information.

 

 A Philosophy Timeline

Throughout the ages, men have emerged to influence people’s thinking and way of life. For a variety of reasons—good writing and speaking skills being two of them—these people have risen to the top of the sea of mankind, to speak boldly, affect men’s opinions of the world state of affairs, and perhaps change history by gaining a small following that sometimes manipulates or coerces others into believing what they believe. Pretty soon mob mentality reigns, and you have a social revolt that ends up changing the political landscape in a country or hemisphere.

Today we’re going to get an overview of some of the most well known philosophies in human history. Why is all of that important? Because every writer and teacher approach their subject with some type of worldview, or a casserole of worldviews. And it’s in the reader’s best interest to be able to identify what that worldview is and how it could affect, or manipulate theirs.

 

 In the beginning…

 Deism—It seems clear from ancient writings that most, if not all, civilizations, practiced some kind of religion with the foundational believe that there was a god, or some spirit(s) that controlled the universe or at least influenced it to some degree. It has only been fairly recent that atheism has crept into the philosophy list and is practiced with such devotion that many now call it a religion.

Classicism—Then the Greeks came along and turned philosophy into an art form and verbal sport. They became masters of deep thought and debate. Their cogent, articulated beliefs and government structure continue to influence western society and politics. As a philosophy, though, true Classicism seemed to have run its course by A.D. 500, when

Christian Theism—This worldview had overtaken the Greek and Roman world and spread like wildfire across Europe. For better and sometimes worse, (because of the way he did it), the emperor Constantine had a lot to do with that.

Middle Ages—(which were not as “dark” as some would like us to believe) This period roughly spanned A.D. 500 – 1600. The primary belief centered around Christian Theism, which suffered its own ugly and embarrassing gyrations, until European Romanticism arrived on the scene.

Renaissance—1600 – 1865. This is the period when art and exploration and human movement exploded. It’s also the period of time when the Age of Enlightenment emerges. Although Christian Theism and Deism are still big players in world thought, they start seeing increasing competition from Transcendentalism, also known as American Romanticism.

Our Present Age of Hodge Podge: 1865 – Present. Since 1865 we’ve experienced an increase of offerings on the worldview smorgasbord. These entrees include Naturalism, Realism, Absurdism and a revival in Theism.

 

Worldview Confusion

With all of these philosophies battling for our attention, it’s easy to see why we get so confused and unhinged about our worldview—the beliefs we hold dear and deep in our hearts and souls.

These philosophies have seeped into our politics, journalism, and entertainment. They’ve been given catchy names to lead us to believe they’ve got the right idea about how we should live life, and it’s our responsibility to sniff them out, dissect them, and then keep what is right and good, and trash the rest.

 

Because you are a product of what you read, who and what you listen to, what you watch, and where you live, where you get your information matters.

 

We all need to be selective. Your life and time are the most priceless commodities God has given you. Who will you allow to shape your life and take your time?

 

 

And how would you answer the question: Why do you believe what you believe?

 

 

 

Coming up!

Next week, which is part two of our worldview foundation building, we’ll start looking at 15 movers and shakers in world philosophy.

 

For your week:

You might want to have some fun this week by asking other people these questions:

What’s your worldview?

Why do you believe what you believe?

Who has had the greatest influence in your life, and why?

 

In fact, please drop a comment in the comment box to let me know who your greatest influencer has been and why. And it doesn’t have to be Jesus.

Until next time!

Blessings,

Andrea

May you prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers (3 John 2).

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Looking for (and Finding) Streams in Your Desert

Water is a commodity here in the Southwestern desert. We highly prize it and nearly collapse into giddy convulsions when the heavens unleash it onto the desert floor during our summer monsoon. So whenever you happen upon it here, it’s like finding a pearl of great price. You lap it up emotionally and spiritually, and always physically, since dehydration looms as a potential health hazard for desert-dwellers.

And doesn’t that sound like an analogy of life?

 

Have you ever been in a desert time of your life?

We all traverse times of plodding through what feels like an emotional and spiritual desert. We live in “a funk” as a friend of mine calls it. Many of us experience deserts containing some scraps of life, while others can’t seem to locate a shred of nourishment anywhere. We stumble through life, pursuing mirages and coming up dry. We’re in a hurry to get through it—believing it has nothing valuable to teach us—and look in all the wrong places for life nourishing water.

Or we wait and wait and wait for the water to come to us.

 

 Knowing God’s promises about the desert

Sometimes what we need to do is trust, listen, and look for it, recalling what God proclaimed to the prophet Isaiah:

 

“Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing. Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert” (Isaiah 43:19, Amplified Bible).

 

  • First, God calls us to listen.
  • Then he tells us he’s about to do a new thing and describes what it will be.
  • He cautions us to be aware of it, looking for it.
  • He tells us he’ll provide a road in the wilderness;
  • and make rivers to flow in the desert.

 

I thought a lot about that passage, the pricelessness and spirit-infusing joy of finding water in the desert this last weekend after hiking in Sabino Canyon, a recreational area near our home described as “a desert oasis.”

The engineer and I could have parked ourselves at the bottom of the canyon and waited for the water to flow to us. But that would have been an exercise in futility because rain is rare here this time of year, and that day the early rising sun quickly burned away the threadbare cloud blanket and heated up the canyon walls.

Instead, the engineer and I went in search of the water. Rather than attempt to carve out our own road, we took the path provided. We actually pulled out a map to follow. We hiked and ascended and eventually arrived at the prize—melted mountain snow water cascading down chiseled and glossed granite cliffs into clear pools. Pools large enough to toss your body into and paddle around in. Seven waterfalls and trickles stacked at the end of a boxed desert canyon. A source of life and refreshment to wildlife, plants, and people.

After claiming a spot at the edge of one of the pools, a pool that had already been claimed by a pair of male Mallard ducks—who thought they’d scored big when we fished around in our fanny packs and extracted two energy bars for a snack they hoped we’d share with them—I unlaced and dragged off my Keen hiking boots and wooly socks and slid my swollen feet and throbbing left toe into the crystal clear, COLD water.

My feet were grateful for that water, my eyes and brain were grateful for that water, and my soul screamed internal heaven-sent hallelujahs for it. I could have sat there for hours, intermittently soaking my feet, watching the ducks beg, paddle around lazily and leave rippling wakes behind them. I could have watched the cloud wisps putter across the powder blue sky; the rock faces change shape in the pool reflections; the saguaro cactus cast short, shorter and then lengthening shadows across the cliffs they miraculously find enough nourishment to grow in; the candy apple red cardinals fly up-down zigzag patterns from one shade-providing mesquite tree to another.

 

 Can you avoid a desert time?

But the frustrating reality was that I couldn’t stay up there indefinitely in that seven-pool nirvana. I had to walk back down the canyon away from it. And that’s the way life functions for most of us too.

We can’t avoid it. For whatever reason, life or God himself orchestrates a desert time in our lives. Moses fled to the desert after he murdered a man and hid there for forty years before God called him back to Egypt to free his people. Bible teacher Dr. J. Vernon, McGee quips that Moses was getting his Backside-of-the-Desert degree. While that always gets a chuckle, there’s a heap of truth to it.

Jesus went into the wilderness for forty days. We don’t know what he experienced every day on his journey, but we do know Satan harassed and tempted him when he seemed to be at his weakest.

Without trying to sound crass, I’d say the experiences toughened both of them up for what lie ahead.

Elijah the prophet orchestrated his own trip to the desert when—terrified—he ran for his life from the evil Queen Jezebel and ended up being ministered to by God. Elijah managed to find a hideout near a flowing stream, his personal stream in his desert. Through that experience, I’m guessing he learned a lot more about God’s mercy and compassion.

Jesus, Moses and Elijah all learned a lot during their desert time—about God and about themselves. We learn about them and God through our reading of these events.

You can learn a lot during your desert time, even while searching and waiting for the water God promises to give you.

 

 How are you handling your desert time?

Usually we need to lean into our desert time, without trying to fight it or run from it. But then we need to make sure that we don’t get mired in it. Stuck in our parched wilderness.

Some questions I invite you to ask yourself to make your, or someone else’s desert time productive. The counsel of a friend (you) could be just what they need right now, a life-replenishing river in their desert.

 

  1. Are you experiencing a desert time right now in your life, and how are you handling it? Could you be encouraging and supporting someone you know who is experiencing one? 
  1. Are you trusting wholeheartedly in God’s promise to provide you a “road” out, a river of spiritual life at the end of your desert journey? 
  1. Are you asking God what he’s trying to teach you during this desert time, so you don’t have to stay there any longer than necessary? 
  1. Are you asking him to reveal the road out? 
  1. And are you actively searching for the life-giving water?

 

Care to Share?

I’d love to hear how you handle your desert times. If you’d like to share, just head over to the Blog page to leave a comment you can share with others. W want to help each other successfully traverse our desert times.

 

I pray you spend your time rejoicing in God’s promise of providing a road out, a road leading to a temporal and spiritual stream in your desert, and the heaven-bound road you’ll traverse when your time on Earth is done!

Until Monday!

Blessings,

 Andrea

May you prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers (3 John 2).

 Photo 2018 © Andrea A Owan

The Importance of Knowing (and Understanding) Your Blood Pressure

Knowing your baseline measurements for blood pressure, resting heart rate, weight and body circumference measurements and resting breathing are pillars you’ll build on as you proceed in your health and fitness program. Each of them is critical to knowing how fit you are now and how fit you want to be, and they’ll also help gauge whether or not your fitness program is working for you. Today we’ll look at the significance of blood pressure to good health and learn what’s considered to be normal. You’ll be able to take the measurements you took from last Wednesday’s blog post to lay more sturdy bricks on your exercise and health foundation.

Let’s get started!

 

BLOOD PRESSURE

What exactly does blood pressure mean?

In a nutshell, blood pressure gives you an idea of how hard your heart is functioning or working both when it pumps out blood to the body and when it’s in its “resting” phase. Pump-rest-pump-rest-pump-rest… It also gives you an idea about the potential health and resiliency of your blood vessels.

The reading you get with the blood pressure cuff tells you two things: 1) the output of blood in millimeters of mercury when the heart contracts and forces blood out of it through the aorta to be circulated through the body; and 2) how hard your heart—in pressure output—is working at rest, or in the relax phase of its pumping. The top number pressure (pumping) is known as the systolic pressure. The smaller, or bottom number (resting pressure), is called the diastolic pressure.

 

So what’s normal blood pressure?

The American Heart Association (AHA) considers normal blood pressure to be above 90/60 and below 120/80. But only one—not both—of these numbers has to be high or low for your blood pressure to be considered out of the normal range.

For example, if you have a 130/80 reading, that would be considered in the pre-high blood pressure range. If you had 120/90, that would also fall in the pre-high blood pressure category. (At the end of this post, I’ve provided a link to a United Kingdom site that provides a great blood pressure rating graph you can download.)

 

Factors influencing blood pressure           

Many factors affect blood pressure, including smoking, illness, age, exercise, genetics, food, and weight. (Yes, certain foods can tweak your blood pressure. Beets are a popular food item right now because they have been found to lower blood pressure.) Lower blood pressure indicates you have less risk of stroke or heart disease. But blood pressure usually goes up as you age. The “average” blood pressure reading for a 60-64-year old is 134/87mmHg.

Why does it go up? As we age, our vessels lose some of their elasticity—their ability to bounce back to normal shape—so the heart has to work harder to keep the pipes properly filled and the system oxygen-plenished.

And did you know that 1 out of 3 people in the United States has what is considered to be high blood pressure? That’s a whopping 30% of us!

 

 Best time to take your blood pressure

The best times to take it are first thing in the morning before eating or taking medication and then again in the evening before bed. If you take it while lying down, it will likely be lower because your heart does not have to work as hard while you’re in the lying down position. It also goes to its lowest point when sleeping and then begins to go back up again a few hours before you wake up. Then it continues to rise during the day until peaking in the afternoon and heading back down.

 

The importance of the pulse difference

Another important number to consider is what is called the pulse difference. That’s the number you get when subtracting the bottom number (diastolic pressure) from the top (systolic pressure).

Let’s say you have a 120/90 blood pressure reading. Your systolic pressure (output at work) looks good, as it’s at the high end of what is considered normal.

But what about that number 90 for the resting phase? It’s at the high end of pre-high blood pressure. A tick over to 91, and you’ve entered the high blood pressure range. Rather than a 40-point pulse difference, like you would find in a 120/80 reading, you now only have 30. That means your heart has to work harder than it should in the resting phase. In other words, it’s not getting to relax as much as it needs to.

Another term exercise physiologists and doctors use is stroke volume, the amount of blood pumped from the heart in one beat. A lower systolic number means not as much blood is being pushed out in that one stroke. But when you start exercising, the amount of blood being pumped out in one stroke increases, while the resting pressure remains about the same. That resting pressure may even decrease somewhat due to the vessels themselves dilating in size. The resistance of the vessels to blood flow also decreases, allowing for more blood to flow. So you can see that the pulse difference gets larger during exercise, which is normal.

Knowing what your normal blood pressure is important for a variety of reasons. What’s normal for you may not fall in the “normal” range, and you need to be able to convey that to your health care workers when necessary.

 

Case Study

A couple of weeks ago, I ended up in the emergency room of one of our local hospitals with what was later diagnosed as a severe episode of vertigo. It was difficult to diagnose because it didn’t come with the classic symptom of the room spinning in circles. Instead, I kept veering off to the left when trying to walk a straight line. When I arrived at the urgent care facility, my blood pressure zoomed in around 138/80. That didn’t set off any alarm bells for the doctor and nurse, but it set them to clanging like gongs to me.

Why? Because I have VERY low blood pressure. Since high school, my number has hovered around 90/58. On a bad day, it may creep up to 98/60. It’s so low they won’t let me give blood because they’re afraid I’ll faint after donating. It also poses a problem in our skin-shriveling Southwestern heat, and I need to drink more water than the average person to keep the blood flowing well through the pipes.

When I arrived at the hospital (where the doctor sent me), the physician’s assistant wheeled her little office chair around to look at me and say, “Wow. Low blood pressure. You must exercise a lot!” After hearing it still hovered around 138/80, I told her that was way too high for me. I knew something wasn’t right, but they had me categorized as “normal” for a sixty-year-old woman. And I didn’t feel anxious, which can raise the pressure. I felt sick! And I felt sick for a couple days. For some reason, my heart was in high gear. No one seemed to know why. All of the heart and blood tests for a possible heart attack came back normal. But that high number told me something important: I needed to take a break and give it a rest. That meant I pretty much lounged around that night and the following day.

Three days later, when I checked in with my regular doctor, my pressure was back to my normal. Something had been going on, but I had to continually point out that what they thought was normal, wasn’t.

 

Know your vitals in the area of blood pressure and resting heart so you have a normal baseline measurement for you.

 

Homework

For this next week, enjoy some exercise, strenuous physical work or gardening and see how your blood pressure changes. Pay attention to both numbers and note if the pulse difference changes. Also see what happens after a meal, especially a big one. Note the differences in your journal. You may see a pattern occurring. And you may start getting an idea of what you need to change to get closer to normal. We’ll talk more about this tracking in later posts.

Until next Wednesday, enjoy your beating heart! We’ll look at heart rate next week.

Blessings,

Andrea

May you prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers (3 John 2).

 

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Blood Pressure Chart UK: http://www.bloodpressureuk.org/BloodPressureandyou/Thebasics/Bloodpressurechart

What Are the 3 Fundamental Questions of Life? (And How Would You Answer Them?)

Have you ever asked yourself the three key questions that confront the mystery of your existence? The major questions philosophy students usually dig into. Like:

  • Who am I?
  • Why am I here?
  • What’s the meaning of life 

 

Worldview

How you answer those questions depends upon your worldview, the lens through which you look to answer life’s big questions, make life decisions, and respond to socio-political issues. Worldview is your particular philosophy of life.

Your worldview is the template upon which you live your life.

 

Why ask those questions?

Asking those questions and grinding out the answers to them helps you focus on how you view life and function in it. If you’re secure in your answers, you have a firm template upon which to live your life well, live it balanced, and live it intentionally.

Surprisingly, though, most people cannot tell you what they believe, and their beliefs may waffle every day. Because they’re not firm in their beliefs and understanding of them, they vacillate. As my husband, the engineer, likes to say (with flowing, side-to-side arm movements to punctuate his statement), they flow back and forth like sea kelp—whatever direction the water or tide happens to be going, they follow.

It’s not a particularly pleasant or effective way to live life, following the crowd or most popular view. Living life that way gets frustrating and exhausting.

 

 The deadly question

But then we encounter a tougher question: Why do you believe what you believe?

Even fewer people can answer that question and stumble all over their answer. Their “why” may be that they read it in some new book, or they’ve acquired someone else’s opinion about life and claimed it as their own. Or they’ve assembled such a hodge podge of ideas they end up with something akin to a worldview smorgasbord.

 

 Answering the big questions

Let’s take a brief look at how you might initially answer the philosophical questions.

 

Who am I?

This really goes beyond the idea of “finding yourself,” which often doesn’t give you a firm, useful answer you can do anything constructive with. People trying to “find themselves” are usually floating around, trying and tasting everything life has to offer. While they might enjoy something for a time, they usually get bored and move onto something else. They have life Attention Deficit Disorder.

Maybe you answer it by saying: I’m a daughter or son, a sister or brother, a wife or husband, a mother or father. Or you could qualify your training or profession and answer: I’m a teacher, doctor, or housekeeper. Or choose the physical aspects of your life by noting you’re an invalid or athlete. And you could claim several of those identities simultaneously. With each identity comes different expectations and responsibilities.

 

Why am I here?

Sadly, many people have difficulty answering the Why because they think they’ve been arbitrarily plunked down on earth at this time in history, rather than being fearfully, wonderfully, and deliberately made for this particular time. Knowing and believing there is a point to your life will be the foundation for life having the meaning you desire it to have.

 

 What is the meaning of life?

Your answer might go all different directions. But let’s take the example of the writers of the Westminster Catechism, who wrestled with this way back in the year A.D. 1647. Because they had a distinctive Christian worldview, they reworded the question as “What is the chief end of man?” which sort of rolls all three questions into one. And the answer they arrived at?

“To know God and enjoy Him forever.”

A six-word sentence packed with meaning and purpose. If we unpack it, we get more questions.

But we’re not going to unpack it today. Before we unpack it, we need to become philosophy—and archeology—students. We need to get an overview of all of life’s major world views (philosophies) and see where we fit into them. Then we need to dig in further to establish our beliefs. To further build a strong, balanced life foundation.

 

 For the week

I invite you to spend some time meditating on those questions this week. How would you answer them? And why would you answer them the way you do? And if you feel like sharing, I’d love to know what your answers are! Just head over to the “Blog” page and leave a comment.

 

Next week Monday we’ll embark on Worldview 101. I promise it won’t be dry and boring!

 

Thanks for joining me for this Meditation Monday. I hope to see you Wednesday for the health and fitness post!

 

Blessings,

 Andrea

May you prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers (3 John 2).

 Photo © 2018 Andrea A Owan