The State of the Union Address
This week the President will talk to the American people in his State of the Union Address. He will let us know all of the good things he believes have happened during his time in office, as well as the challenges he sees facing the American people now and in the future. It is all designed to bring us together to work and move successfully toward common purposes and outcomes. While this speech will address the state of the union of the United States, I would like to take this opportunity to address your individual “State of the Union.”
Your body is made up of several hundred trillion cells, and they must all work harmoniously together for you to be healthy. How is this union of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems successfully achieved? It’s through your nerve system. As long as there is a clear neurological connection between your brain and all of the trillions of cells in your body, you are able to function normally and adapt to most of the physical, chemical, mental, and emotional stresses you face each day. In other words, you are healthy and you have the opportunity to keep moving in the right direction!
What do I mean keep moving in the right direction? Well, the fact is, everything is ALWAYS changing, even your body. In every moment, there are literally thousands of things happening in every single one of your trillions of cells. Once you understand that you are always changing, it’s also easy to understand that you can only change in one of two directions each day; you can either get a little stronger or a little weaker. Knowing this, our goal changes from being at a certain level of health and wellness, to continually moving in a certain direction. The goal becomes to spend as much time each day, week, month and year growing stronger rather than getting weaker.
What does it take to keep growing stronger? It takes three things to accomplish this steady movement toward wholeness; a positive focus, a healthy lifestyle, and a clear neurological CONNECTION between your brain and your body, so that all of the parts can work together, as mentioned above.
Because of the numerous and very intimate connections between your spine and your nerve system, one of the biggest keys to keeping a clear brain-body connection is to keep your spinal column aligned and functioning properly. A healthy spine keeps your brain-body connection clear, maintains the normal flow of mental impulses throughout your body, allows your Intelligent Life Energy to effectively organize all of the parts of your body to work together, and gives you the best possible opportunity to spend more days of your life getting stronger rather than weaker, so that you move steadily toward health, wellness, happiness and wholeness.
You see, chiropractors really address the state of YOUR union! But, it’s a teamwork effort. YOU have to keep a positive focus, YOU have to make the healthy lifestyle choices, and YOU have to get checked every week or so to make sure you are clearly connected. Can we come together on this?
By Dr. Kevin Donka
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