The Vehicle Of Your Soul
By: Brad Swift

Eating good food exercising mental stimulation and rest are essential to the care of our physical being. When we breathe deeply and consciously we take in and circulate lifegiving oxygen allow our bodies to function more smoothly. In the mental realm flushing out old habits thoughts and attitudes can help to refresh our mind and allow our life to run more smoothly. Controlling kneejerk reactions that limit our options to knowing the truth can give us an opportunity to more gracefully respond to circumstances and events. Carrie Masters in Science of Mind Magazine.

I love the clients I work with. They are so committed to making a difference in the world. Many of them are like high performance racing cars. They speed around the track of life at breathtaking speeds. Unfortunately many of them have refused to make a pit stop or take a break between races and their bodies the vehicles of their soul show sign of severe wear and tear physically mentally emotionally and spiritually.

Just like its necessary to take our cars into the shop for servicing its important that we stop driving ourselves with our todo lists long enough to reflect on old habits and attitudes that can rob us of our joy and can lead to serious breakdowns.

As Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz point out in their book The Power of Full Engagement we are like a complex engine with 4 different but interrelated energy sources. Our physical energy may dictate how fast we can run around the track of life but our over all happiness and balance comes from taking care of all four sources of energy physical mental emotional and spiritual. Ignore any one of these for an extended period and it wont be long before our performance in life is diminished.

Are you willing to take a quick inventory of how well you are caring for the vehicle of your soul

PHYSICALLY are you within your ideal body weight Do you eat balanced nutritious meals and regularly perform the important exercise of pushing away from the table before youre stuffed Do you schedule in regular time for exercise and keep those appointments with yourself Do you go to bed at a regular time sleep well and awaken energized and inspired into the next day Do you drink plenty of clean lifegiving water

MENTALLY do you regularly flush out old habits thoughts and attitudes that can serve to gum up the works of your mind thus freeing yourself up for new ideas new purposeful patterns that serve you and new ways of being that are consistent with your life purpose

EMOTIONALLY do you regularly catch yourself in those moments when fear lack and struggle are about to take over your life and consciously pivot to love abundance and flow thus allowing your true divinely inspired purpose to direct your life

SPIRITUALLY do you take time to connect with the source of all creation Do you reserve time each day to connect with this source with the intention to raise your consciousness and awareness of your true purpose

Or are you like a high performance race car in dire need of a major check up and overhaul Remember without proper maintenance on the vehicle of your soul you may find yourself in the pits with a blown engine well before the race is over.

Dr. W. Bradford Swift confesses to be a Burned Out Boomer (in recovery) who has dedicated his life to assisting people to rekindle their passion and sense of purpose while growing their businesses to be multidimensionally profitable. Take the quick and insightful Life On Purpose Self Test to determine how on or off purpose your life is at:

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2005 Brad Swift of Life On Purpose Institute Inc.

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