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Pretty little Mila, Oh how I wish I had her eyes. Very inspirational!

Free Yourself

Sometimes life gets you down. Sometimes it's easy for us to think that someone out there has it out for us, that we're the only person in the world that has class A problems. It is easy for us to think that there wont be a good outcome, but just as sure as the waves will crash or the sun will rise, we will overcome our troubles. There will be a tomorrow and a day after that. It's how you choose to live or how you face your problems that will determine how happy you are. Turn the bad into good and the worse into better because you are a strong person and you know you are. Now all you need to do is let the world know too.

30 Day Vegan Challenge

For the past few months now I have been interested in animal rights and the wellness of animals. I have been going onto PETA's website frequently to see their latest updates and news. The horrifying images and videos I have found are heart wrenching, but they also send a very strong message.

The saying is true we are what we eat. Humans today are looking for a quick meal to satisfy their hunger, the problem with this is that we are not reading the ingredients on our foods or questioning where our products come from like we should be. You drive through your local fast food joint and order a burger with extra onions and a large order of fries. Sure you know your are getting potatoes, onions, and cow flesh, but have you considered all of the processing and different hands each of those ingredients passes before it reaches your mouth?

Take the meat for example. It starts out as a cow in a crammed factory and is pumped with steroids. The cow is then slaughtered, handled, processed, ground up and shipped to fast food joints everywhere. The ground meat is a collection of cows not just one and is handled multiple times at your fast food joint and is buttered, battered, and oiled for taste. It is then thrown together with other processed food, wrapped, and shipped out the window into your car followed by your stomach. Sounds appetizing right?

So here is my challenge. Vegetables, fruit, and whole grains. These are the foods mother nature has intended for us to eat. For 30 days I am challenging you to follow a strict vegetarian or vegan diet. I know for some of you a vegan diet seems near impossible. So take it slower, try the 30 day vegetarian challenge and don't eat animal flesh of any kind. No steak, burgers, chicken, fish, or pig. Don't take this challenge lightly, really commit yourself to 30 full days and I guarantee you will weigh less, stress less, feel better, and have more energy. That is my promise to you. Now if your are feeling like a bad ass go for the vegan diet and don't eat anything that comes from an animal. No eggs, milk, cheese, etc. You can do it, believe in yourself and inspire yourself. For more inspiration and news go to www.peta.org.

did you inspire yourself today?

The Health Hub

Inspire Yourself

everyday people compare themselves to others, not realizing how great they truly are themselves. a woman will look at another woman in the gym, at the store or in the library and pick out everything on that woman that she wishes she had.

we give ourselves too little credit for how incredible we are as individuals. look at your hands, go ahead look at them. now i bet that woman at the gym, in the store or in the library has never experienced what your hands have experienced. i bet her hands have never fought the battles you have fought, comforted the same people you have comforted, or worked the work your hands have worked.

 it is great that we get inspiration from others to become better people. people can have such a magnificent effect on our lives. however our main inspiration should come from within ourselves. you have the advice and the strength that no one else can give you but yourself. gandhi's famous words did not say, "let other people be the change you wish to see in the world." it was you that needed to be the change.

so here it goes, the big question. have you inspired yourself today? i guess i should say that as a challenge rather than a question. each night before you go to bed, before you let your mind rest for the night. i want you to ask yourself, "have i inspired myself today?" pick one thing from the day that you did or that you learned that turned you into a better person, that  made you a bit smarter, or that made you a bit happier. you are your greatest inspiration.

-the health hub