Daily

The key to any health process, physical or mental, is its daily application. I certainly have re-learned this over my 17 years of taking daily antiviral medications to stay alive. Prior to that I was accustomed to a daily regime of running, proper diet and various forms of meditation. I think that history has much to do with my relative well being and survival with HIV for nearly 30 years and cancer for 10 years. 

Any on-line computer holds a world of helpful information to anyone who wishes to set up a daily process of health promotion. Stay away from infomercials. Concentrate on information. Learn how your body works. Learn how your brain works. Watch some interesting videos on the subject. It isn't boring once you get into it. It is fascinating. It is much more important than knowing how your car works, yet most human beings know more about machines than they do about their own bodies.

This is not just about sweaty exercise. This is about a compassionate and mindful commitment to yourself. How can anyone extend true mindful compassion to anyone else without learning what it means to bestow it internally? I hold the opinion that I must practice applying mindful and compassionate behavior toward myself as a first step to extending that process to my environment and those in it.