Without gusto, you’re merely marking time, and with it, you’re devouring time and space.

People with gusto have that look of vibrant health and carry themselves with confidence and self-assuredness. They have that light behind their eyes, and you can’t help but find yourself drawn to someone with that kind of magnetism.

~ Marilu Henner, The Total Health Makeover

Spirit Sunday is a tradition at Marilu.com.

Today, turn off all the devices, and get outside. Enjoy the rewards of a simpler life, if only for an hour.

To find the universal elements enough;
to find the air and the water exhilarating;
to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter…
to be thrilled by the stars at night;
to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring –

these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

~ John Burroughs, naturalist and writer

You have brains in your heads.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.

~ Dr. Seuss

Whatever threshold you’re on – the beginning of summer, the beginning of a career, the beginning of a relationship – make good choices.

Photo by Kevin Tuck

To change your eating behavior is to modify your relationship with food, and you control that 100 percent by virtue of what you put in your mouth.

~ Marilu Henner, The Total Health Makeover

Take responsibility for your food choices. If you don’t like your eating behavior – whether that’s snacking, or eating late in the day, or taking not just seconds but thirds – then it’s up to you to change it. You are in control of what you eat. Take charge. Be strong.

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Keep your thoughts positive, they become your words.
Keep your words positive, they become your behaviors.
Keep your behaviors positive, they become your habits.
Keep your habits positive, they become your values.
Keep your values positive, they become your destiny.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Whatever challenges you face this day – eating nutritious foods, drinking enough water, getting a good night’s sleep, finding time for family, doing your budget, catching up on laundry and yard work – whatever you face this day, keep your thoughts positive.

… sunscreen.

Nature gives you the face you have at 20;
it is up to you to inherit the face you have at 50.

~ Coco Chanel

Great posture equals great body language. With great posture you appear to be toned, balanced, and proportional, and you exude an air of confidence. And, believe it or not, you’re actually getting a workout throughout your day, because your muscles are constantly reminded to be in a healthy state of tension that is actually stimulating your muscles, rather than causing stress.

~Marilu Henner, Wear Your Life Well

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Photo by miamiamia

I always find it odd that we set aside only one day a year for love. Most of us are conceived in love, sense it immediately upon arrival, and, with our first crush, have experienced almost every aspect of love there is…. I guess we’d go crazy if we celebrated love more than one day a year, so let’s make sure that day is worth it.

~ Marilu Henner, Healthy Holidays

For money you can have everything it is said. No, that is not true. You can buy food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; soft beds, but not sleep; knowledge but not intelligence; glitter, but not comfort; fun, but not pleasure; acquaintances, but not friendship; servants, but not faithfulness; grey hair, but not honor; quiet days, but not peace. The shell of all things you can get for money. But not the kernel. That cannot be had for money.

~Arne Garborg

It’s not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

~Bear Bryant, football coach