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Necessity of stretching


Stretching are those exercises that are done before you go for a jog, a walk, playing a soccer game or any other physical activity. It can be damaging to your muscles when you do not do the necessary stretching exercises before the physical exercise. You will always feel the pain in your muscles the next day after a physical test or an exercise program. We tend to skip the stretching parts which are so important for longevity of life. The less you become active the more your muscles pull back and are not easily moveable as you become older in your age. The purpose of stretching is to minimise discomfort after an intense work-out or physical activity.

In the same way that our body need stretching to maintain its agility in movement, the same way we need to be stretched spiritually, professionally and on a personal level. Our bodies are introduced to new movements during the physical stretches and in the same way our perspectives on life, belief systems and career paths can also be stretched. Our thinking change over certain things as we expand our knowledge on certain subjects of interest. You stretch your knowledge capacity when you dig deeper into personal development and spirituality by moving from comfort situations into the unknown.

 The question than is “Are you willing to be stretched”?

This can be in an area of finances, career, church involvement, marriage, personal development, entrepreneurship, study opportunities or family life. Whatever the area might be, must not keep you from developing new skills or aspiring new opportunities. There is always room for stretching. To become better at what you do in either growing spiritually, professionally and personally. It is important to always start at a manageable pace. Too much at a time is not good for one’s emotional health just as excessive training is not good for physical health. The idea is to manage the stretching process and to do it on a regular basis to understand the content matter or that your body should adapt to the new changes.

It is good to want to do more, but do not do it at the cost of your own physical, emotional or psychological health.  It requires us to bring balance into the activities we engage in and this is the process that will stretch you as an individual. It is therefore necessary to be stretch so that you can be ready and prepared to  fulfil your destiny purpose in life. On the other hand, if you are not open to stretching yourself, you should expect nothing more than what you are willing to invest. What you sow will ultimately be what you will reap.

Come let us stretch those self-created boundaries!!!

 

“Discover your Purpose, harness your Power and watch its Impact”

Hulisani Ravele

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