Holding a Grudge Could Kill You – Why You Need to Forgive

You may be asking what a grudge or forgiveness have to do with health and fitness. If you are holding anything against anyone you are at risk of ill health and early death. What does the lack of forgiveness do to the one who will not forgive? Here are some of the consequences of lack of forgiveness:

Consequences of Lack of Forgiveness:

• Hurt
• Negative attitude
• Vengeance
• Bitterness
• Excessive use of foul language about others
• Excessive use of foul language about yourself
• Holding a grudge
• Tense and stressful when around the person you haven't forgiven.
• Person you haven't forgiven maintains power over you
• Depression
• Alcohol and drug abuse
• Chronic pain
• Anxiety
• Promiscuity

Benefits of Forgiving:

• More friends
• Enhanced psychological well-being
• Normal blood pressure
• Less inflammation in the body
• Better sleep
• Enhanced spiritual well-being

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Author: Lt. Col. Bob Weinstein, US Army, Retired

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Beach Boot Camp Holiday Newsletter, December 21, 2010

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Growing Good Corn - About Sharing, Not Taking

Growing Good Corn

There was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair where it won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.

The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. "How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?" the reporter asked.

"Why sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn."

He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbor's corn also improves.

So it is in other dimensions. Those who choose to be at peace must help their neighbors to be at peace. Those who choose to live well must help others to live well, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others to find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.

The lesson for each of us is this: if we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.

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Do you live by I. C.A.R.E.?

The greatest deed is to be the first to reach out with kindness even if it is not reciprocated. Let everyone know, every day, at work and at home that you have in your heart, in your mind and on your tongue, I. C.A.R.E.

I = Inspire others to be their best.

C.= Control your emotions when things don't go the way you like.
A. = Attitude is everything. Your outlook to uplift life and people is key.
R. = Respect. Respect all people in word and deed you come in contact with even if they are disrespectful.
E. = Encourage. Always encourage others to be their best.

Lt. Col. Bob Weinstein, USAR-Ret.

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