for the Body
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and the Mind
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1. Get some vigorous exercise daily. Spend some time outdoors each day. Allow sunlight and fresh air into your home and office.
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1. Develop a firm trust in God through personal daily Bible study prayer, and commitment.
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2. Practice deep diaphragmatic breathing as often as you can.
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2. Submit your life and plans to the inspection and approval of God as His will and your duty are revealed in Scripture and impressed on the conscience.
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3. Make sure that, clothing and shoes provide proper warmth, comfort, and protection.
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3. Test your words and actions by the Golden Rule—”Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Be co-operative, not competitive.
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4. Drink eight glasses of pure water daily. Practice personal cleanliness and hygiene. Maintain sanitary surroundings where you live and work.
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4. Cultivate love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, humility, meekness, moderation, gratitude and cheerfulness.
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5. Abstain from tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, and other unnecessary drugs.
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5. Ask for and receive God’s forgiveness for your wrongs. Freely forgive others. Do not chafe under injustice. Overcome evil with good. Harbor no bitterness.
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6. Switch to a vegetarian diet (fruits, grains, nuts, vegetables, and—if you wish—low-fat dairy products) and eat only enough to meet your nutritional requirements. Maintain your ideal body weight.
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6. Draw up a budget. Live within your means. Be content and grateful for what you have. Simplify your life. Get out of debt.
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7. Eliminate unnecessary muscular tension by proper posture and by taking frequent stretch breaks, especially if you are a sedentary worker.
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7. Follow a daily schedule. Set proper priori ties. Plan ahead but be flexible when circum stances demand it. Set a moderate pace.
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8. Minimize noise in your environment. If possible,, select a home surrounded by nature rather than the artificial scenes of city life.
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8. Carefully choose what you see and hear. Think on those things that are true, honest, just, pure, beautiful, and worthwhile.
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9. Get adequate sleep. For most people this means seven to nine hours per night. Do not try to crowd too much into one day. Don’t be afraid to take a break during the day if needed.
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9. Put God first, others second, and yourself third. This should not lead one into self-neglect.
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10. Observe the seventh-day Sabbath—the weekly day of rest from our work and ordinary pursuits. Employed as God designs, it is a means of physical, mental, and spiritual restoration
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10. Develop your talents and skills to be employed in serving and benefiting others in some way, thus glorifying God. This goal is the true purpose of life.
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