That title comes from a line in a Beatles song.

When I was a kid, we called sweaters “jumpers”.  I love that phrase! Wearing my jumper keeps me warm, in a good headspace.

Today’s bloggy thing has obviously started out randomly, ha!  It’s a funny way, I guess, to get to my idea. Let’s see what path it takes shall we?

I’ve been sick with some crazy cold bug for the last few days, annoying.  My cough sounds like a Canadian goose. Honk Honk!

I have worn my a jumper for all these days. It’s like comfort food for the body.

I was on a video chat with some Warriors today, and let everyone know I would be periodically taking off audio so they didn’t have to hear me honk.

Wellness, in my opinion, is our own responsibility. No matter the diagnosis, it is our own ultimate responsibility. Whether a cold or fatal diagnosis, it makes no difference.

Drs are there for many things, so are family. Advise on wellness and good living is always in the air. 

I know sometimes it’s just so overwhelming to have a constant barrage of ” good doers” & “well wishers” all wrapped up tightly in a bow labeled ” they are only trying to help”
But honestly, if you could translate that into ” this is how much I love you, care for you” , advise on wellness and good health would be an easier pill to swallow.

It’s always perspective.

Being mad about this diagnosis is natural. It totally bites large ass. We are told we have this then sent home whilst being told ” get your affairs in order”.  Brutal.

I am still, however, responsible for my wellbeing.  I am the only one who could ever hold me back.

Taking the initiative to improve my wellbeing is a powerful thing. Listening to advise, I do it,  but in the end, it’s all me.

It’s the same as any decision you make in life. The key to any success is to ACTUALLY MAKE the decision and FOLLOW through.

New year’s resolutions, total different story. I stopped making them like 25yrs ago.  Each time I would make one, I never followed through, made me feel bad about myself, so I stopped.  I eventually navigated to each of those resolutions, but only in my own time, not in one crazy day of the year. Self awareness and forgiveness. Healing.

Whether it’s small mini steps once a day, or once a week, no matter! 

I have taken to making homemade soup. I love soup.  Nutritionally sound. Easy to make. Tastes spectacular.

Having the courage and knowledge that you really do deserve to live well is often hard to grasp, but let me tell you, you deserve it.

Staying well and in good spirits allows you to strive through all the bad.  If you are not healthy enough to understand yourself and circumstances; your health or your state of mind, this can change everything.

Wellness is big. It comes in many forms. I listen to music; the kind music that reaches my soul. I constantly heal my soul.

I stay away from red meats and canned fish. Small things. Moderation for everything else therefore never depriving myself of the foods I love. Healthy from the inside. 

Exercise, I walk.  I also have this spinny thing that I can stand on and twist ( keeps me slim and my belly loves it).  I look at the 5lb weights I have sitting by my bed…..I’ll get to you, one day…….maybe. probably not.

Vitamins, I take all the B’s, 1000mg of vitamin C everyday, its a great antioxidant, works great on your skin, blood, arteries and brain.

We have to stay well.  Make the desicion to be good to yourself. Wear your jumper.

“I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together” 

Some days I am the egg man, others days I am the walrus, “goo goo ja goob”!

Stay well my friends!  Jan