Meeting Asciepius

I have been rushing through these practices lately, letting my schedule get the best of me. I did deep breathing while frustrated at work the other day, but have not really done a well focused meditation all week. I can feel the tension building up from missing my meditation time. It is amazing how quickly it all comes back and you lose what you have been working toward. Noticing that, that is how this works is somewhat of a motivator in it's self.
The statement "one cannot lead another where one has not gone himself" is much like practice what you preach, you cannot try to get someone to the highest levels of human flourishing if you have not been there yourself. It makes it very hard to direct someone to a place you have never been, it is like giving directions to a tree in the woods that you have never been to, you just can't do it accurately. As a professional you should always be an example of what you teach. I am a personal trainer and I would not expect to get any one to take me seriously if I was overweight and did not exercise myself. It ruins your credibility. I truly believe that everyone should have to opportunity to complete health and wellness and so it would be my responsibility to teach my clients how to achieve that kind of wellness through all aspects of health, psychological, physical, and spiritually. I personally need to take more time to slow down, meditate, and learn more about the scriptures. I am constantly a work in progress.