A Healthy Mind, a Healthy Body...

A Healthy Mind
A Healthy Body
A Healthy Spirit
A Healthy Heart
A Healthy Mind
A Healthy Soul
May 28, 2017



This week and last I've undergone some disconcerting events that have kept me from assimilating A Healthy Mind, A Healthy Body, A Healthy Spirit, A Healthy Heart, and A Healthy Soul, health in its entirety.

Is it really true that not a single human being in this planet has never had it all, doesn't have it all and will NEVER have it all!? In my case, I don't desire it all, what I want is to know that my spirit won't ever run dry, and that someone out there shares my same vision, goal, passion, purpose, just like Ayn Rand once stated.
As usual, I will look for shelter in my own sanctuary: Praying, playing with words (writing) and working myself to death!

Mens Sana In Corpore Sano

Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.

fortem posce animum mortis terrore carentem,

qui spatium vitae extremum inter munera ponat

naturae, qui ferre queat quoscumque labores,

nesciat irasci, cupiat nihil et potiores

Herculis aerumnas credat saevosque labores

et venere et cenis et pluma Sardanapalli.

monstro quod ipse tibi possis dare; semita certe

tranquillae per virtutem patet unica vitae.

–Roman poet Juvenal (10.356-64)

You should pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Ask for a stout heart that has no fear of death,

and deems length of days the least of Nature's gifts

that can endure any kind of toil,

that knows neither wrath nor desire and thinks

the woes and hard labors of Hercules better than

the loves and banquets and downy cushions of Sardanapalus.

What I commend to you, you can give to yourself;

For assuredly, the only road to a life of peace is virtue.

Se debe orar a los dioses que nos concedan una mente sana en un cuerpo sano.

Pedir un alma fuerte que carezca de miedo a la muerte,

que considere el espacio de vida restante entre los regalos de la naturaleza

que pueda soportar cualquier clase de esfuerzos,

que no sepa de ira, y esté libre de deseos

y crea que las adversidades y los trabajos terribles de Hércules son mejores que las satisfacciones, la fastuosa cena y la cama placentera de plumas de Sardanápalo.

Te muestro lo que tú mismo puedes darte, con certeza de que la virtud es la única senda para una vida tranquila.

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Real Living

“El verdadero significado es vivir para los demás. Ten en mente que cualquier cosa que desees en la vida se puede obtener al ayudar a los demás a obtener lo que quieren…mientras sea para la Gloria de Dios, para el bien de la sociedad, y para tu riqueza espiritual.”

Carta de Bruce Lee a su esposa Linda el 20 de octubre de 1963:

"Vivir contentos con pequeños medios; buscar la elegancia en vez del lujo y el refinamiento en lugar de la moda; para ser digno, no respetable; para ser rico de alma, no de dinero; estudiar mucho, pensar tranquilamente, hablar suavemente, actuar con franqueza; sostener al otro alegremente, hacerlo valientemente, nunca apresurarse. En pocas palabras; permitir que lo espiritual, lo oculto y lo inconsciente crezcan a través de lo diario."

Grow in Faith

"Business is a “fiery furnace to principle.” Grow in your faith, prayer, and virtue through business and entrepreneurship."

Catholic author Edwin Freedley, 1853  

“Real living is living for others.” Realize that anything you want in life can be obtained by helping others get what they want.”

Bruce Lee

A Lone Wolf

A Lone Wolf

May 4, 2017

By: Gina Yoryet Román

Many people experience isolation from time to time when they are subject to emotional, physical, spiritual or financial hardship. I have personally encountered withdrawal from the entire universe. That is only a temporary feeling because believe it or not, just as much as there is good, there is evil, ups and downs, light and darkness, black and white. There are many compassionate souls that long to make a beneficial change in our planet by helping others. It is always comforting to know that someone out there has your back! However, at the end of the day, the minute each human being comes to this world, they are by oneself, even twins are born within minutes or seconds apart.

That is why it is our utmost duty to thrive against all odds, even when it feels as if we were alone in this world. When we are younger we spend time with our friends and family, but as we evolve into adults, our direction is geared towards our own faith, beliefs, family, work, profession, health and aging. In other words, finding balance in life. It is NOT easy, BUT it is not impossible either.

Some choose to procreate, others predestine themselves to their professional and financial future and to get to know the world. Others don´t appreciate the endowment of life and choose to incline towards what´s “easier” and “faster.” Each decision is just as crucial as the other. There is predetermination whether it is for good or bad. Some thrive, others set themselves up for failure. Some take care of their health, others decide to treat their temples like a trash bin. Some choose to walk the less traveled road, others, take a short cut. Some choose to fight and find answers, others choose to stand by and waste every opportunity they are given. Some hold on to faith, others to evil. Some appreciate life and make the best with it, others are oblivious of reality that life dwindles out at the blink of an eye!

Any journey of choice, we must own our individuality and accept that each one of us is a Lone Wolf, therefore, we must abide by the consequences determined by our actions. That nevertheless, is in any means catastrophic. The consequences are nothing but a mirror of life’s decisions we make. On account of the former facts of existence, long ago I chose Robert Frost’s Road NOT Taken, even if sometimes I have felt like giving up.

Every day I choose to be

The protagonist of my own movie.

The author and main character of my own book.

The composer of my own song.

The artist of my own work of art.

The creator of my own invention.

The dictator of my own destiny.

The architect of my own design.

The judge that dictates my own sentence.

The rat that runs its own race.

The warden of my temple.

The woman that fights for her own rights and ideals set by my faith.

The human that longs for equality and peace.

The dreamer that is ignited by her ABC’s.

The Lone Wolf  who fights the world with her own sword and shield.

It is NEVER too late!

It is NEVER too late!
May 1, 2017

At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job.

At age 24, Stephen King was working as a Janitor and living in a trailer.

At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.

At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.

Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didn't get the Editor-in Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at 40.

Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42.

Samuel L Jackson didn't get his first movie role until he was 46.

Morgan Freeman landed his first MAJOR movie role at 52.

Louise Hay didn't launch her publishing company, Hay House until she was 62.

If you haven’t found your dream career yet, it's not too late. You aren't a failure because you haven't found fame and fortune by the age of 30. Hell, it's OK if you don't even know what your dream career is yet.

Never tell yourself you're too old to make it.
Never tell yourself you missed your chance.
Never tell yourself that you aren't good enough.
Whatever you were born to do, You can still do it!