How Do Blue Zones Foster Longevity and Vitality?
There are 5 blue zones in the world. These are places which have the maximum number of people living up till the age of 100. Also they are not crippled people. In Fact they are healthy individuals, bustling with energy.
What’s the most common thing across all blue zones?
People living there do not have a concept of retirement which means that they have something to look forward to till the very last day of their lives.
When old people after retirement have nothing to look forward to in life, they start developing depressive tendencies.
If you are living a life where you have no reason to wake up in the morning, nothing that drives or excites you, it does not matter if you are 17 or 70, you can’t get healthy.
Another trend that was common amongst the blue zones was that they relied primarily on a plant based diet.
Our body was given to us by Mother nature and soon we will return back to her. In the time we have, let’s keep it healthy, bustling with energy and vitality.
All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision.
We think health is about doing big things, but health is not about doing big things, it’s about doing smallest things consistently.
For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if you kill your food the dead food will kill you also. For life comes only from life and from death comes always death.
Pay the farmer now or pay the pharma later.
Saving one animal won’t change the world but it will change that one animal’s world.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.
A little communication goes a long way. So express yourself especially to your family.
Start seeing obstacles as tests, because that’s what they really are. Obstacles are nothing more than tests designed to measure how seriously you want the rewards you are seeking.
In the morning, God will send you the angel of sunshine to wake you from your sleep. But when the sun is set and your God sends you his most precious angel, sleep, then take your rest and be all night with the angel of sleep.
The hour that 95% waste and the top 5% treasure. Early morning is the time of least distraction, highest human glory and greatest peace.
Movement should be a celebration of what your body is capable of and never a punishment for what you ate.
Nourishing your body with the right food, rest and exercise is a way of expressing gratitude to God for this wonderful gift of a human body.
When you see a genuine seekingness in the other person to learn from you, only then you may share with them what you have learnt, never enforcing yourself upon them, but simply sharing from a space of true love and non attachment to the result of whether or not they will follow your advice.
Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned.
People don’t always need advice. Sometimes all they need is a hand to hold, an ear to listen and a heart to understand them.
The mystery of Ultimate health lies not in just staying alive but in finding something to live for.
If you are able to see God’s hand in every situation of life, you will not be disturbed even in the midst of the greatest calamity. Surrender and fear cannot live in the same heart at the same time.
Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated. So replace the rigidity, judgment & fear with compassion, acceptance & joy.
People say knowledge is power. But knowledge is not power. Application of knowledge is power. The purpose of knowledge is transformation. Without it, it’s just intellectual stimulation.
