NOURISHMENT

WHAT IS NOURISHMENT?

Noun

1. The substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition.

2. Food.

WHAT WAYS CAN WE BE NO UR ISHED?

Body: Our bodies need a healthy balanced diet to keep us fit and well.

Mind: Our minds need to be fed an interesting, stimulating diet.

Soul

WAY TO NOURISH OUR BODY

Fresh food and vegetables

Lean proteins

Take it easy on the fat, salt, sugar, preservatives, processed foods.

These all feed our physical health, growth, fitness and energy levels.

WAY TO NOURISH OUR MIND

Reading good quality literature provokes our minds to think, create pictures, construct scenes in our imaginations.

We construct in thoughts and in imagery the scenes that we have read, perhaps playing them out in our minds, revisiting them later, exploring alternative storylines.

Quizzes

Jig-saw puzzles

Challenging games like chess or bridge

WAY TO NOURISH OUR SOUL

Bonding and friendship

Time spent with nature, children and animals often feed a persons’ spirit and inner core.

Finding an inner sense of peace, quiet and comfort is very healing and supportive.

Meditation, prayer, time in nature and complete stillness or quiet are ways to feed our spirit.

Religion

HO W DO ES THE EUCHARIST NO UR ISH U S?

The Eucharist nourishes our soul and out lives.

The body of Christ we receive in Holy Communion is "given up for us," and the blood we drink "shed for the many for the forgiveness of sins.”

The Eucharist nourishes us for our Christian journey