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The 7 Habits To Return You to Days of Youthful Vigor call on you to hold on to Hope, Faith, Gratitude, Cleaving, Contributing, Correct Living and Your Future Vision.
1. Keep a Hope - Filled Thought Life
The secret to keeping a hope-filled thought life centers on one word. Choice.
You choose to constantly think thoughts of hope. You also make a conscious choice to not think thoughts of dread, desperation and depression.
That does not mean dark thoughts will never come your way. It means you have the power to treat them as unwanted tenants in your head when they do come into your mind. You evict them as quickly as they appear.
Train your thought life in this way and you will soon have a regular "guests" in the form of happy thoughts.
These happy thoughts form the foundation for building a faith-filled life......
2. Keep Faith in Your Heart
Build your faith by regularly reading your Bible and you will come to love it as The Word of God.
Remember "...faith is the substance of things hoped for" (Hebrews 11.1) and you are hoping with a life filled with happy and expectant thoughts.
With faith in your heart and God on your side your end will always be better than your beginning.
3. Always Have an Attitude of Gratitude
Communicate or perish. That's a serious but true warning. You need to talk regularly to others to return to days of youthful vigor.
When you do talk make sure you use words of blessing and encouragement. If you have nothing good to say about someone then say nothing.
Most importantly in all things give thanks. Thank your Heavenly Father for the life He has given you. Thank your loved ones for the simplest tasks they do for you. That will give them a fresh love for you.
Thank the person that serves you the next time you are in a store. You will put gladness in their heart and a spring in their step.
Go that extra step and express your thanks in a hand written card. That will bring tears of appreciation to their eyes. They will remember this moment for years to come.
You will get a deeper revelation of the Bible truth "It is more blessed to give than to receive"
4. Cleave To Your Loved One
Recent studies have shown that people who have a loved one live longer, healthier and happier lives.
Cherish your loved one. Use your words to let them know you love them. Use your body language to let them know you are devoted to them.
These actions will make it easier for you to long retain days of youthful vigor.
5. Continue to Make a Contribution to Society
We were born with a contribution to make to mankind and one of the best ways to foster high energy levels is to continue with your life's work as long as possible.
Be encouraged by the doctor continued to practice in his 80's. His only concession to advancing years was to shut the surgery at noon so he could have a nap.
Even continuing at your work for two days a week will ensure your life force is in no way diminished.
6. Use It - Correctly - Or Lose It
One issue that is gaining in interest is the correct use of the mouth for eating.
Significant research, almost 100 years ago, proved slower eating will increase your vitality. You will also only need half the food you usually consume.
Try this for a few meals you will be amazed at the sense of youthful vigor which returns to you.
7. Have A Vision For Your Future or Perish
Have a clear vision of your future role and work and you will receive the levels of energy needed to carry out that work.
Let it drive you forward to an exciting future.
Remember scripture warns us that - "without a vision the people perish" (Proverbs 29.18)
In review remember, firstly, Keep a Hope - Filled Thought Life, secondly, Keep Faith in Your Heart , thirdly, Always Have an Attitude of Gratitude , fourthly, Cleave To Your Loved One, fifthly, Continue to Make a Contribution to Society, sixthly,
Use It - Correctly - Or Lose It and finally seventhly, and, most importantly Have A Vision For Your Future or Perish
These 7 Habits will enable you to discover and retain the days of youthful vigor.
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