Approximately a year ago I bought my first colon cleansing kit. I researched high and low and finally found one I was comfortable taking and guess what?....I never did it!......until now that is. My colon cleansing purchase was a lesson to me about getting ahead of yourself and lying to yourself about what you are and aren't ready to do. After I purchased the kit I came up with a hundred of reasons why I should wait to do it, it became one of those things you dread to do and put on a to do list that never gets done.

Being healthy is more than just eating right and exercising. It's beyond eating raw and drinking water, cleansing your body and your mind. Being healthy is about happiness.

Happiness is healthy and being healthy without happiness cannot exist. It's a shame but much of the time phrases like "eating right" "eating your vegetables" "working out" conjure up negative images in our heads and are seen as things we must do to stay healthy. Seriously, lol.

When your life is turned upside down and everything seems to fall around you, then at that time you might forget to stop, think, and notice the upside of everything around you. Whatever your circumstances, whatever you may be faced with, you must always see, know, and believe that there is an upside to every situation.

When I first became aware that there was more to health in foods than low fat, no fat, low calories, low cholesterol, and some fruits and vegetables...when I came to the realization that the foods I was eating were filled with chemicals and poisons I abruptly stopped eating my normal diet and ate mainly fruits and vegetables. Now the result of this was terrible. Yes, terrible.

Much of the time we place responsibility for ourselves on external factors. We are sad because someone hurt us, we are neat freaks because that's how we were brought up, we are worried because of the economy, we are fat because of our genetics, we are tired because of our jobs, we are lonely because we are alone, we are stubborn because...well whatever the reason it's not our fault.

I was recently reminded of the effects of having a toxic mind. A toxic mind is just as bad, if not worse than having a toxic body. Just like a toxic body a toxic mind will cause stress and disease.

There was a time when I was a complete skeptic about the power of the mind over the body. "What? Someone cured themselves with laugher? Lucky coincidence." Now, I see that the mind having an effect on health and disease is nothing but common sense.

The food we eat has an extraordinary effect on our physical and mental wellbeing. If you find this hard to believe all you need to do is change your eating habits. If you typically eat junk food, eat healthy and you will feel revitalized with more energy. If you typically eat very healthy just eat junk for a day and you will experience mood swings and discomfort.