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A farm boy from southwest Minnesota, excels in basketball and values the importance of education. As he tells the Dagger, it makes for a perfect fit to be a teacher and a basketball coach as he is now at Northland Pines High School In Eagle River, WI.

Sponsored By: Advanced Health

Time for a Pep Talk (Part 1)

As I sit here before the sunrise on a beautiful winter day, my heart is troubled and my mind is laboring about my country. It's health is failing. People around me are dying slow deaths and most of the time unaware. Depression and its related medications are at an all time high. My country is spending more money on healthcare than any other country in the world, yet its health ranks last among all other industrialized nations. Something drastic needs to happen, and fast. Although I am only one person, my hope is that I am able to do my part in saving our nation…our children. My deepest belief is that it is essential to remember that health is a journey, not a destination. You will not wake up one morning and joyfully declare that you've "successfully made it", you're "officially healthy". No, there is always one more step to take, one more change to make over time to enhance your health journey. And truly, that's the key…small steps over time reap insurmountable rewards for you and your family.

Trying to change everything overnight will undoubtedly lead to failure. We must strive to let go of our 'must have now' mentality and learn to enjoy the process.

I am gaining an increasing awareness that health is so much more than just how your body feels or works. I think of health as a triangle with 3 main categories, Chemical, Physical, and Emotional, with the Spiritual component taking precedence over all of them. We should strive to understand how we are not our body, our outward appearance, our attitude, our personality, our face. The YOU that is really YOU is the Spirit inside. YOU are a Spiritual being having a human experience on this place we call earth. In order to have the beautiful and fulfilling experiences we were destined to have, it is important to allow our Spirit to properly implement all aspects of the three categories.

The Chemical aspect of wellness includes anything you put into or onto your body, from diet to makeup to floor cleaner, and everything in between. How these chemicals are effecting you and why, and what easy changes you can make to begin removing these hindrances from your life are what you should be taking daily steps toward. The Physical component includes your structure; muscles, bones, ligaments, organs, etc.  It is important to know how to exercise and which exercises feel right to you. Which exercises do you enjoy most, as those are the ones you will stick to.

Play your favorite classic video games here. Remember all the fun you had, well it's here for you to enjoy again. If you have played these games you'll see what kind of fun everyone was having with these games.

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