A little at a time over time. A consistent approach.
Physical fitness and health link to emotional fitness and health link to spiritual fitness and health.
Sure, genes and traumatic incidents play a significant role in physical and emotional illnesses. But for as much as we can control, we can work on all of these intertwined parts of our whole life.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and his team call it the “Positive Corner of the Internet.” Their newsletter is filled with evaluation of studies and nutritional guides designed to help us improve our physical selves.
Today’s issue reported three studies that all showed how consistency of even small improvements in diet and exercise significantly impact health and well being.
I add that the same approach to spiritual fitness works. Say you are starting from no spiritual discipline. Just getting out of bed five minutes earlier to read half of a chapter of a Gospel or to take those moments to focus on God done regularly leads to noticeable improvements in how you feel during the day. Soon you will find that five minutes expand to a half-hour. Perhaps half reading something that feeds the mind and soul and then meditating on that for the other fifteen minutes.
Make a subtle change in what and how you eat by cutting portion size
Park you car in the employee parking lot or supermarket lot such that you walk more
Rise early to spend just a few minutes of reading and meditation
Those three small disciplines at whatever stage of life you are in will improve your life.
Faith Venture 
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