Mind, Body, Spirit
I grew up rooting for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. It wasn’t a choice, my whole family were Reds fans. When my family moved to Southern California, I became a Los Angeles Rams football fan, a UCLA fan of all sports and A Los Angeles Lakers follower as well. As a young boy, I would play outside for hours doing all kinds of physical games such as Kick the Can, Hide and go Seek and capture the flag. I was fast and had good hand, eye coordination. In high school I lettered in basketball and baseball. In the Air Force I played softball and football.
I am seventy seven and I still love sports. I have literally watched thousands of games and events; everything from Little League Baseball to the Olympics. My mother knew the batting average and how many home runs players hit as well as my dad. Baseball is a sport of statistics. Knowing those details was a thing that actually bonded my family in a way. When the UCLA basketball team lost after it had won eighty-eight games in a row; I couldn’t eat for two days! My four children also follow sports. My grandson Seth is a professional basketball player in Hungary.
In perspective, I believe professional athletes are paid too much. They are spoiled and often act like the world owes them something. Someone can dunk a basketball and can earn millions per year, while school teachers have to buy school supplies out of their own pockets. Professional sports players and owners are among the one per cent of the wealthiest people. I wish it weren’t so. I wish teachers and public safety officers and others who do so much for humanity were paid a much higher wage.
And yet, I still watch the games. I love the games themselves and they taught me so much about life.. Teamwork is essential to succeed. Each person has their role to play and they depend on each other. We learn to trust each other. We work hard, keep our commitments and follow through. Often, we eventually love each other. The motto all for one and one for all is a mantra for teams. And together we experience the ecstasy of winning and the agony of defeat.
To this day, I still play tennis four to five times per week. The other days I walk a few miles to keep in shape. My physical body has been so important to me these seven decades. I know for some metaphysical folks, it hasn’t been this way. I love to sweat and to exert myself and feel myself moving through space. I am sharing with you tonight not to enroll you in watching sports but perhaps to get physical. My mental health is incumbent on my physical health.
We have chosen to come to Earth to express our divinity. It is a gift to incarnate in a physical body and have a mind that thinks and a heart that feels. I encourage you to take care of your physical temple as well as nourish your soul. Edgar Cayce channeled ” Spirit is the life, the mind is the builder and the physical is the result. When we take care of all three we get to live long loving powerful lives. From my athletic heart to yours, Thomas
Great words of wisdom Pops. I didn’t know Seth was in Hungary! How cool. Being physically fit helps us in all aspects. Thanks for reminding me to get my 45 minutes of fitness in today; I hope I still can! I hope we can each comment on each other’s blogs! Did you read one of mine yet? it’s at umaojeda.weebly.com! Hau’oli Makahiki Hou! Love you and give Mum lots of hugs ok?