THE LAW OF VITALITY

Dear Friends,

Today I would love to share with you another inspiring law called the Law of Vitality. Some people come to me and say, “John, I’d love to have your energy. Where do you get all the energy for all the things you do?” And I say, “Well, being clear on where you are going in life is important.” Here are some of the secrets that help me to live life with vitality.

One of the secrets of the Law of Vitality is to know where you are going. If you have a clear road map, it is easy to get there. Your energy soars. Another key is gratitude! If you have gratefulness to life, your energy picks up. If you are depressed about life and ungrateful, your energy shuts down.

A third aspect of building vitality is to make sure that you have some sort of moderation in your diet. Many people go out and try to gain energy by “pigging out,” thinking they are going to gain energy from food. This is not the way to do it! It has actually been shown that if you eat less, you will have increased vitality. I don’t mean starving yourself, or going on the “Gandhi” diet, but what I mean is to “eat light.” Always walk away from the table feeling a little less full, rather than more. You will find you have more vitality. You might be a little thin. That is fine. It is better to have two pounds less than it is to have two pounds more. It has been shown that we live longer if we eat less. And we also have more vitality.

Eating less! Being grateful! Being clear on our mission! All these make a difference. The next key to vitality is water! People who drink a lot more water, rather than any other liquid, increase their vitality. I encourage you to make sure that you drink lots and lots of water every day! Even when I am writing and speaking, I am drinking water, because it is a universal solvent, and it opens up to the universal mind.

Another element is breathing! Sit down and take deep breaths! My observation of some of the most magnetic and charismatic people in the world is that they breathe diaphragmatically. They breathe deeply. Like Pavoratti they breathe a very deep breath. I encourage you to stop now. Let your chest and abdomen fill up when you take a deep breath. In! Out! Let the oxygen come in! Let the toxins dissipate in the air! In Eastern mysticism and in the philosophies of the East, they describe a Prana in the breath. It brings life force in the breath. I believe that every time we take a breath, we do bring in a life force. So I say, “Breathe deeply. Drink a lot of water. Be grateful for what you have in life. Have certainty and clarity in your mission. Eat moderately.”

The next way to increase your vitality is to make sure that your vocation and your avocation are the same, or that they are connected. If you are not doing what you love and loving what you do, you have a “brake” on all the time. That is the fastest way to break down your energy! Do you want to run down and distract yourself with things you do not love doing? Hardly! Define what you love doing. Be clear about it. And follow these principles that add vitality to life.

Last, but not least, one of the most powerful aids to add vitality is to smile! You know, if you do a little smiling, it does make a difference. It tends to change your physiology. And look up to life! Go outside and stand out there in nature and look up into the heavens and smile at life. Say “Thank you, Universe! Thank you for the gifts that I have been receiving!” Your vitality will pick up! Not only will you have vitality in your body, but also you will have it in your creations and in your actions. You will be a creative and a productive individual by following the Law of Vitality.