Review your unit 3 personal assessment of your psychological, physical, and spiritual well-being. Reflect on these areas . How did you score yourself on a scale from 1 to 10 in unit 3? How do you score yourself now? Has the score changed? Why or why not?
As far as my physical well being…Way back in Unit 3, I had assessed the physical part of me as a six. Sprinting into today, I can honestly say that I am at a seven gaining on eight. I have taken many steps (literally and physically speaking) to get me to this number. The best thing I did in order set myself up for success in this department, was to complete my “time journal”. It was only through visually becoming aware of the time I was wasting in which I found time of value. Even though I have not followed straight on my path, I can see where I tend to go off and am easily able to get right back on. It is my goal to make exercise a habit instead of a work. Let’s just say it is a work in progress!
Spiritually speaking, this class has brought me from a six to an eight. This is not because I am really doing anything different in the way of spirituality. It is simply because I am able to understand what the depth of spirituality really is. It is not about having to be in church. It is not about saying the Rosary each and every day. It is not about giving money to a church either. It is about being quiet enough within yourself to really see the good in you as well as the good you give back. Lastly…it’s about being grateful for all of the good, whether it comes from the inside, outside, up or down. It is our gratefulness that creates our spirituality, especially the gratefulness connected to forgiveness.
Now, the big test was my psychological well-being. I can look back and see how I was struggling with feeling that for some reason it was not a good thing to deserve of myself, love myself, and be happy with who I am. I am proud to say, that a Deb Baptista like no other has started to emerge. It is through this class that I made the decision to put myself out there. I shared things with this class that I held in for a very long time. It was because of this that I have been able to free the “ME”. I can tell you that this new me, is really the old me. I have just learned to accept me for me! It is because I have been able to wrap my heart around who I have always been as well has to realize that many people have already known this person for quite some time. I was always afraid to believe, it felt somehow selfish! So from week three to me…I am climbing! I have stopped fearing that there is a negative price to pay for feeling good about all of the gifts in my life. I am taking each day as the gift that it is, and in some ways accepting and being deserving of the many good things for the very first time.
I can see through the comments of my many of you in this blog, that I might just have something to offer (juviniles). I feel that because of this experience (Blog & Class) that I can move forward in a more positive, confident, spirited way. I am ready to (as professor Maule so eloquently states) “unleash” the power of Deb!
Success Story
♥♥♥♥♥♥ When I me can lie on a floor, close my eyes, breath, and listen to a voice coming from a computer, in order to provide me with a one-on-one experience between Mother Teresa and myself. And to to understand how such a meeting in my mind alone, would allow me to actually feel what it is like to touch the “frail but strong” hands of a woman (really just a woman), who I have admired my whole life. If it had not been for the teacher showing up when he did, I would have missed out on an experience like no other. This was the defining moment that cemented my resolve in the healing powers of the body, through the mind and the spirit. You can use these three powerhouses in any order to which you choose. But the truth is…IT REALLY TAKES THREE TO BE YOU!
God Bless You All… In All You Do!
Peace
Deb
