The mind, body and spirit connection

The mind, body and spirit connection....

I wasn't always aware of the positive effects that my spiritual health could have on my mental and physical wellness.  It wasn't until I was seeking a more positive way of living and being that I even became aware of how powerful spirituality can be in a person's life.  The Wiccan Rede states that "All that we send into the lives of others comes back to us three-fold, both good and bad", and just from my life experiences prior to allow spirituality in my life, I can tell you the bad that comes is awful.  I had to learn to be nice and happy.  I know that sounds crazy but there was a time in my early 20's where I was just a mean person with no emotion for anyone or anything.  I would play the game persay but never actually let my guard down.  My mental wellness and my physical health have always been as healthy as the energy that I put into them.  I excelled in school and have always been very independent and creative in my ability to profit from other peoples lack of knowing.  Even in elementary school I was the girl that was charging to paint your nails at lunch or curl your hair.  I had two other girls that worked for me and I payed them a percentage of the money we made each day.  I have always been very athletic and physically active so my physical wellness has always been optimal. But I also was very hard on my physical health by excessive partying and drinking.  It is hard to find a happy medium that still allows for fun without unnecessary harm to your physical health.  Anyways at some point, the man who is now my husband, but was just a friend sat me down and very frankly told me that I didn't have to be that person and that it was okay to be vulnerable and friendly.  I realized that even though I had hurt alot of people in my life, I really hurt myself the most.  I had no idea how to even find my spiritual self.  I was baptized Methodist when I was born because my grandma liked the preacher that married my parents.  My mom was baptist but didn't go to church on a consistent basis, but I had attended Sunday School on several occassions.  My father was Atheist so in his mind there  is no possibility of a sense of spirituality or the existence of any type of god.  But his parents were Catholic so I often went to Cadykism.  Then as a child we lived in a small town where the majority of people were practicing Mormons, or belonged to the Native American Church.  Because "religion" was not a big part of our growing up, our family was shunned by most of the Mormon families, the way they treated us could probably be defined as religious discrimination.  So I had alot of experience with different religions but non of those experiences sparked anything in me other then confusion and distrust.  During this same time I was living in Portland Oregon and going through a divorce.  My boss suggested that I go to a metaphysical store and get a reading, buy a book or just look around and see if anything grabs my attention.  I was immediately drawn to Wiccan and the study of witch craft.  I was very drawn to the belief that there is no "bad" or "mean" in the genuine study of Wicca.  To be a practicing witch and to reap the endless rewards requires a committement to living your life with compassion, acceptance and kindness.  And there is was, the life transformation that I was looking for that didn't require me to be in a certain building on a certain day of the week, but a spirituality that could change me and my life course.  I will say that there are times that really test my ability to remain positive and kind even in the most challenging circumstances.  But my friend "Karma" she always has a way of balancing the energies that be without me ever breaking my spiritual committement to always living in the best light of the best possible life that I can create for me.