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Happy Thursday folks!

Here is my favorite passage of the week, two quotes and book of the week with two important lessons to ponder on:

Passage of the Week:

Ancient Greek poet Pindar on the journey of self-discovery through learning about ourselves :

Two Quotes:

Book of the Week with 2 Important Lessons:

The book of the week is Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health by Casey Means and Calley Means.

A thorough, clear and actionable book which presents a compelling case for a metabolic focused approach to longevity, good mental and physical health.

Good Energy is not just informative, it is important.

The book offers a new, cutting-edge understanding of the true cause of illness that until now has remained hidden. It will help you optimize your ability to live well and stay well at every age. Good Energy is the goal, the state of mind and what it can create is incredible. A world where we are eating beautiful food, moving our bodies, interacting with nature, taking pleasure in the world around us, and feeling fulfilled, vibrant, and alive.

Here are two important lessons from the book:

1) Simple Rules for Food and Fitness:

What we put into our bodies is the most critical decision for our health and happiness. Food is our most potent weapon against chronic disease. Eating is the process of transforming and assimilating matter from the external world into our own form. Any diet that sufficiently generates optimal cellular function, eliminates chronic symptoms, and leads to optimal biomarkers is the right diet for you.

With food, remember that cutting the unholy trinity of these three ingredients from your diet will completely change your health and ensure you’re making room for more Good Energy foods:

• Refined added sugar

• Refined industrially processed vegetable and seed oils.

• Refined grains.

(Good Energy Foods: Micro-nutrients and antioxidants, Omega-3 fatty acids, Fiber, Fermented foods, Protein.)

 With fitness, the three simple rules:

• Walk at least 7000 steps per day and space these steps out throughout the day. Work up to 10,000 per day.

• Get your heart rate above 60 percent of your maximum for at least 150 minutes a week. (That’s 30 minutes, five days a week.)

• Life heavy things multiple times per week in a way that hits every major muscle group.

 2) Spend Time in Nature:

Evidence shows that spending time in nature lowers stress hormones significantly, and it increases the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PSNS) and mood. Even going to a city park has measurable impacts on health and stress markers.

In closely observing nature, we get the opportunity to mediate on the profound harmony, interconnectedness, and cycles that thread through the natural world. We see many polarities and cycles that surround us to create life, health, and beauty: polarities like sleeping and walking, night and day, cold and hot, parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system, high and low tide, alkaline and acidic. These rhythms surround us in nature, and they are our best teachers in achieving fearlessness, because they show us that the world is fundamentally harmonious even when things swing between different states.

But in the modern world, living inside and so separate from nature, we have begun to ignore, fight, or suppress polarities and cycles, under the illusion that they are sub-optimal and we can outsmart them. We have forgotten that we get the best out of natural systems not through dominance, oppression, and overworking, but through respect, care, and gentle support. When you look up and really spend time with nature and learn from it with humility and awe, you realize that you have nothing to fear. Don’t allow yourself to be separated from your source: soil, sun, water, trees, the stars, and the moon. Get outside often to feel more peace.

Books – I am currently reading:

The Math of Life and Death: 7 Mathematical Principles That Shape Our Lives by Kit Yates. A brilliant and entertaining mathematician illuminates seven mathematical principles that shape our lives. Through fascinating stories and examples, he shows how math is the beating heart of so much of modern life.