Mental Health

In your quest for physical fitness, don't forget your mental health. Two of the main reasons we seek physical fitness is to feel better and to look better. A great part of that feeling of well-being involves our mental and emotional outlook. Believe it or not, there are exercises we can do for mental fitness just as there are for physical fitness. The following list of exercises needs no diagrams or lengthy explanations. They are familiar things that we all do occasionally, some more often than others and some a lot less than others. Do the following "exercises" daily and your mental outlook will become more positive, a sure route to feeling and looking better.

1. Do something nice for someone and don't tell anyone about it.
2. Smile at a stranger.
3. Lend a hand to someone who needs it.
4. Compliment somebody and really mean it.
5. Visit a sick friend.
6. Send a thank you note to someone who has done something for you, either recently or long ago.
7. Forgive an enemy