None better than the other

Tending the garden of the heart - Day 30

Even though each plant in the garden is special and has their unique nutritional value, none is better than the other.

You're not going to appreciate a salad that has only lettuce in it. That's kind of boring. Plus there's only so much nutritional value you get from lettuce. You need tomatoes and carrots and perhaps some cucumbers and anything that suits your nutritional fancy.

Even though your friend or sister's or brother's gift is great, it does not mean that your gift is any less valuable than theirs. Perhaps theirs may be more developed than yours or may just be different. Explore the areas of your talent that makes you unique. Do all you can to develop it, nurture it and then share it with others.

As you share what you have, you open yourself to gaining more opportunity to fine tune your abilities.

Changing Inside Out Now! Getting my body back - Day 23

The Ripple Effect

Using your `nutritional`value for your benefit, as well as others, creates a ripple effect.

Everything we do, whether positive or negative, affects those that are around us. No one could say that they are too small to make a change. It takes a small pebble to interrupt the stillness of the pond. It takes a small boat to change the direction of the waves on a large lake. Your `seemingly` insignificant usage of your talent within your community can make a difference and change the flow of things.

You may not see the overall results of your input and the distance to which the effects of your gifts have traveled. But rest assured it plays a vital part to the workings of this place we call earth.

A kind word spoken to a child may stay with her for the rest of her life. It may instill some value that changed the course of history for the child or teenager or even an adult.

Your sharing your talent may inspire one person to live his dream and in turn he teaches others to do the same that great things are accomplished within society. It only takes one word, one act of kindness, sharing of one`s talents, your nutritional value, to add enrichment to another`s life.

Fuelling words: I create a ripple effect each day that I continue pursuing my goal. I instill in my children a healthy lifestyle and the knowledge that they can achieve anything they set out to do.

Routine: Warm-ups, stretches, aerobics, toning and strength exercises, cool down.

Visualization - keeping focus on my goal; healthy, strong and my ideal body weight and shape.

Deep breathing - relaxes the muscles and sends oxygen to the muscles where exercising alone would not reach.

Changing Inside Out Now! Getting my body back - Day 22

Taking your 'nutritional' value to the next level

Now that you've developed your writing skills (your talent), you need to find avenues to use them. Not just for your own benefit but for the enrichment of others, as well.

Using our previous example on Day 21, let's consider some places where you could use your developed ability.

1) Your local community.
- you could write for the local newspaper, covering events in your local community
- volunteer your skills for non-profit organizations within your area
- resumes for people looking for work

2) The internet - there are many sites and businesses looking for good writers for content to their websites or blogs, not just locally but also globally.

3) Your personal experiences - using your take on life can be beneficial to someone who's going through the same problem.

I've used the example of writing. But what about other talents? Take the same principles, apply them and improvise.

Think about where in your local area you could use your skills. Who are the best candidates. What about the internet? It's a vast place with many people with a variety of needs across the globe.

Brainstorm and explore new areas for use of your skills and make a difference in the world.

As I journal these insights and continue to pursue my ideal weight, it may give support and a road map to someone else who's decided to take this journey.

Fuelling words: I use my experience to challenge another to keep on keeping on until they reach their final destiny.

Routine: Warm-ups, stretches, aerobics, toning and strength exercises, cool down.

Visualization - keeping focus on my goal; healthy, strong and my ideal body weight and shape.

Deep breathing - relaxes the muscles and sends oxygen to the muscles where exercising alone would not reach.

Changing Inside Out Now! Getting my body back - Day 21

Now that you've identified your 'nutritional' value, what's next?

Perhaps, you may not feel confident enough to make 'nutritional' contribution to others. You may need to develop this area of your life some more.

Let's use an example. Suppose you want to be a writer. Consider these methods:

1) Decide what type of writer you want to be. Do you want to be a freelancer writing for travel magazines? Or a writer on staff at a local newspaper? Maybe you have a knack for writing children stories and need guidance to get them out of your head and onto paper.

2) Take a writing course at a local college or via the internet.

3) Visit websites in the area you're thinking of and get a feel of what other writers are writing about and their style of writing. Formulate your own style.

4) Join a writer's association to keep abreast of the latest news and changes in the industry.

5) Jot down story ideas as they come to you.

6) Formulate ideas in your niche from issues on the news.

7) Read all sorts of material to develop your vocabulary and writing skills.

Those ideas inside of you need a platform in which they can shine forth. This is a short list of ways to start. But it gives a foundation for you to begin enriching your 'nutritional' value to present it in a way that would be beneficial to others.

Fuelling words: I develop my knowledge base as I focus on reaching my goal that others may benefit from my success.

Routine: Warm-ups, stretches, aerobics, toning and strength exercises, cool down.

Visualization - keeping focus on my goal; healthy, strong and my ideal body weight and shape.

Deep breathing - relaxes the muscles and sends oxygen to the muscles where exercising alone would not reach.

Changing Inside Out Now! Getting my body back - Day 20

How to determine your 'nutritional' value

Your 'nutritional' value is determined by the value you add to someone's life; your fertile ground, promoting growth and enhancing another individual's life.

Your talents and abilities are potential seeds containing 'nutritional' value. When you develop them, they can be used to create and/or encourage change.

What unique talent or ability do you have? Let's consider the nutritional value of Vitamins.

Vitamin C:

Helps wounds heal: Do you enjoy counselling friends or family that are hurting emotionally? Or perhaps, you have a passion for caring for those who are physically injured.

Promote strong teeth and bones: Are you a good coach or could you be a good mentor to someone who has potential for greatness but needs to be kept accountable until they have built the strength needed to achieve their goal?

Vitamin A:

Promote growth and repair body tissue: Are you passionate about helping others move up from the place they currently are to grow and develop their talents? Do you enjoy helping people who have lost their way, made a mess of their lives and need to get back on track?

Healthy eyes: What about people who have lost their vision and cannot see the positive events in their lives? You may be the one to show them the way.

There are many ways our talents, our 'nutritional' value, once we've determined where we fit in, can make a difference. So many have begun doing so, why not you?

Fuelling words: I inspire myself that I can be an inspiration to others.

Routine: Warm-ups, stretches, aerobics, toning and strength exercises, cool down.

Visualization - keeping focus on my goal; healthy, strong and my ideal body weight and shape.

Deep breathing - relaxes the muscles and sends oxygen to the muscles where exercising alone would not reach.

Changing Inside Out Now! Getting my body back - Day 18

What’s your nutritional value?

Every fruit provides different nutritional values and benefits.

Citrus fruits and strawberries are rich in Vitamin C, and help wounds heal, strengthen blood vessels, build connective tissue, healthy gums, skin, and promote strong teeth and bones.

Carrots are rich in Vitamin A and promote growth and repair of body tissue, healthy eyes, good night vision and a strong immune system.

Our differences and variations in talents provide a wide array of ‘nutritional’ values and benefits for us and others to sustain our well-being and well rounded life.

Teachers at varied levels and fields educate our society, bringing awareness to many different aspects of our world.

Specialized doctors study in depth specific parts of the human body. A brain surgeon’s ‘nutritional’ value is rich in the knowledge of all aspects of the brain and its wiring. His benefit to society provides resolution for brain injuries, abnormalities and dysfunctions.

A paediatrician’s ‘nutritional’ value is rich in the knowledge of children’s illnesses and is beneficial to all parents as a place to go when their children are ill.

Businesses, with unique ideas, provide us with a variety of services and products to choose from making us a very rounded society.

What’s your ‘nutritional’ value/contribution? It may be to inspire, to care for the sick, to be active in your community addressing its core needs, sing songs bringing joy to your listeners, or dance adding to the ‘nutritional’ needs of others in some way or another.

Whatever the ‘nutritional’ benefit, know that you can make a valuable contribution to the health and wellness of society.

Fuelling words: I focus on achieving my goal so I can be an example to my children.

Routine: Warm-ups, stretches, aerobics, toning and strength exercises, cool down.

Visualization - keeping focus on my goal; healthy, strong and my ideal body weight and shape.

Deep breathing - relaxes the muscles and sends oxygen to the muscles where exercising alone would not reach.