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3-D Living Newsletter - January, 2010 Issue
January 1, 2010
Welcome to the January, 2010 issue of the 3-D Living monthly newsletter! Happy, joyous, prosperous and blessed New Year to you all! My prayer is that this is your healthiest, happiest and most prosperous year ever.
In this issue:
Ann's Article: "Take the First Step"
Nutrition Nugget: Protein
Supplement Spotlight: Amino Acids
Featured Products: Master Amino Complex; Meal Option and "20 Ways to Lose Fat and Get Fit" e-book
Words to the Wise: James 1:22-25
ANN'S ARTICLE: "TAKE THE FIRST STEP"
My daughter Elizabeth and I attended an open house at the college she decided to attend. The dean spoke to the students and posed this riddle to them.
"Five frogs are sitting on a log. Four decide to jump off.
Question: How many are left?"
We looked at each other thinking - duh - that's pretty obvious, there's only one left - but here is what he said.
"The answer is five. The reason for that is because there is a difference between 'DECIDING' and 'DOING.'"
Wow. That really hit me and made me think. While he went on to relate this to incoming college students, that simple little riddle wouldn't leave my mind. There is so much truth to this that we can use as we begin a brand new year.
I love the beginning of January - the beginning of any month really. It's like getting a brand new, clean, crisp notebook (ok, I'm probably the only person you know who LOVES notebooks and can spend hours at Office Depot!). It's pristine and untouched and we have the opportunity to make it what we wish it to be. I know you will get lots of emails with great tips on how to set your goals for the year so I didn't want to give you one more of those.
I wanted to just focus on being a doer. Planning, goal setting and preparing are all necessary. However, we can just remain in that planning mode and never take a step of faith and begin to actually "do" it! We can listen to the best teaching, go to seminars and listen to terrific conference calls. There's so much information and so much we can learn and it's all good. However, if we never use that information it is just knowledge filed away. Jesus taught about the wise and foolish builders in Matthew 7:24-27 and the scripture that jumped out at me was verse 26. The Message translation says: "But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don't work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach." (I don't know about you but I don't want to be a "stupid carpenter!")
This principle doesn't just apply to truth from the Bible - it applies to things you learn to improve your health, business, family or relationships as well.
Jesus expands on this in Luke 6:46-48 NIV: "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built."
So I am encouraging you to begin this fresh, new year with a new attitude. I want this to be your best year EVER in every area of your life. Make a quality decision to invest in educating yourself - listen to teaching, buy books and cds AND read them, listen, take notes, think deeply about what you learn. But just don't let it stop there.
Take the next step and DO IT. ACT ON WHAT YOU LEARN. BEGIN. Someone once said you don't have to do it perfectly, you just have to begin. I agree! I want to encourage you to step out in faith and give God something to anoint, something to bless! Just do the best you can - that's all He requires. Make 2010 your healthiest year ever. I have so many resources to help you get started. But you must take the first step. Make it your most prosperous ever. Do you have a dream in your heart, an idea? Take a step of faith and make it reality. Don't be like the stupid carpenter! The only true failure lies in the failure to start. Eighty per cent of success is simply showing up! The decision is yours.
NUTRITION NUGGET: PROTEIN
Protein is one of the three macronutrients we all need in order to stay healthy (carbohydrates and fats are the other two.) It is needed for growth and development as well as for your body to be able to produce hormones, enzymes, tissues, antibodies and provide raw materials for building muscle and collagen. Protein is a necessary part of every living cell in your body. While animal foods are complete proteins, combining whole grains, nuts, seeds, legumes and plant foods (vegetables) form high quality complete proteins as well.
SUPPLEMENT SPOTLIGHT: AMINO ACIDS
Very simply, amino acids are the building blocks that make up proteins. Protein is essential to life. Besides combining to form proteins, certain amino acids act as neurotransmitters (brain chemicals that carry information between nerve cells) and others enable vitamins and minerals to be used effectively by your body. There are 28 amino acids. Nine are essential amino acids meaning that your body cannot produce them and you MUST get them from your diet. The other 19 are nonessential meaning your body can manufacture them IF it is provided with a balanced diet that provides the raw materials it needs.
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WORDS TO THE WISE*: James 1:22-25 Message Translation
"Don't fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. ACT on what you hear! Those who hear and don't act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are and what they look like."
Perhaps you've heard the expression, "act as if." It simply means if you want to BE confident, calm, bold, patient, just act as if you already are. For example, when I have business calls to make, even if I don't leave my home, I have found that if I dress as if I were in the office, my entire attitude and demeanor changes. I feel and consequently speak and act more professionally. It's amazing - try it for yourself. Behavior can and does change attitude. There comes a time when you must just make the decision to step out and begin. Do it in faith and feelings will follow!
*Beginning in February and continuing through October, Word to the Wise will feature one fruit of the Spirit each month!
If you enjoyed this issue of the 3-D Living Newsletter, please forward it to anyone you know who will benefit from it. They'll love you for it! If a friend forwarded this issue to you - just go here to get your own free subscription: http://www.threedimensionalvitality.com/Welcome.html.
Until next month, as always, I wish you and your family abundant health, peace and joy, a blessed, healthy, prosperous and peace-filled 2010! Ann
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