Becoming Your Best

For the past 7 years I have been actively looking for the perfect recipe for success.  I’m not talking about success measured in dollars and cents, but in growth, progression and creativity.  In the process of looking for the right ingredients, I came across someone who was taking a class about meditation.  He told me that he was trying to put his mind, body and spirit in sync.  Even though I have heard this before, this time it really hit me.  I previously thought that the mind was the source of humanity’s power. What I have seen is that this is not entirely true.  At different times in my life I have focused on strengthening just one of those traits at a time.  When I served a full time mission in Mexico, I learned to be in tune with my spiritual side.  When I got home I participated in college sports (track and field).  I focused on my body and was by far in the best physical shape of my life.    I was then on my last year of my International Business Degree and I had to focus a lot on using my mind to pass my classes.  I had to be new and innovative; I used strategy as my ally and took all my assignments as serious as if it was my business.  I felt as if my mind was released from a lifetime of mediocrity.   I had 2 years to focus purely on my spiritual side, 3 years to focus purely on the physical side, and another 2 years to liberate my mind.  What I didn't know was that I needed to fuse these 3 aspects of my life in order to balance and increase my own growth.  I would not be allowed to be my very best until this union was completed.