Quote of the last days

Scott Schwab
A little play on words for the title, but does it ever seem like you are just living your life counting down the days until you die? Gruesome, but true for a lot of people, so stop! Live your life, like the popular song with T.I. and Rianna. The beauty of it all is that you and you alone influence what is happening in your life. The biggest indicator of how your day goes is by how you act, not react. I read a quote the other day for which I am drawing this post. I apologize that I cannot recall who it was, but I do remember that it was a prominent figure and he was quoted saying that only 10% of his life is circumstance out of his control, and the other 90% is his attitude. I believe that this is true and wanted to pass it on to all of you. Life can be pretty dim and bleak at times. However; if we have a positive attitude and always approach life as someone who can make a difference, we will have much more satisfaction. There are key components that one must have to be happy. I do not claim to know all the secrets to life, but I do know that a person is much more able to deal with life when; they feel accepted, they have someone who loves them and or validates them, good general health, and a person who is happy with them self. Having a good attitude can make up for so much and covers the mental side of your health. The physical side is your health. Being able to do exactly what you want to do with your body is a privilege. Hiking, biking, swimming, running. Activity keeps the heart, mind, and body alive. Being accepted and knowing that someone loves you is the aspect that covers your social health. I don't know if we know how important this side of your health is. Social health is essential to the development of a person.
Finally I wanted to give an update. Chandi will post her results tomorrow and I will post on Tuesday of our results of the 8 week challenge. Drew will post Wednesday or Thursday. We will be having a great guest poster from San Francisco on either Wednesday or Thursday and another guest post for the weekend. Most importantly we wanted to introduce our next 8 week challenge. We have found that people who missed the last challenge would like to start another challenge. We were thinking of starting at the first of the year, but we have also found that through a little research, these next couple of months are the most difficult for the waistline. We have decided to start the next challenge November 30th. We would like everyone who is participating to comment about what area of their health that they will be focusing on and ideas of how they will do it. The reason for joining the challenge is to be accountable to each other. It also helps to have others that are supporting you and doing the very same thing. We will be doing a reward for the female winner and the male winner as voted by you the readers. It will be a free supplement or vitamin from the website www.mixersnutrition.com as well as a T-shirt. Again this is to have fun and enjoy something different. We encourage everyone to enter and work on something. We will have updates and support for everyone who participates. So as all of you are dreaming of Turkey and pumpkin pie this week, don't forget to enter the challenge.