Adventures in Living a Healthy, Juicy Life
By Cheryl Ragsdale
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Stay Young Habit #30:
Walk tall and straight. Don’t plod as if you’re walking with heavy burdens – unless you are walking with heavy burdens.
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Stay Young Habit #31:
Don’t walk with your neck and head thrust forward like you’re trying to win the race by a nose. You’ll get there. Look your best when you arrive.
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Often, we walk this way because we have too many distracting thoughts on our mind. Practice breathing in and out slowly and bring your focus to quieting your mind. Being stooped is a bad habit. Break it by practicing standing up straight as you make your way along.
That way, if someone springs out of the bushes at you, you’ll be ready to drop your bundles and respond with your Samaurai sword or some good martial arts kicks and punches. What? It could happen…
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8th on the List of Top 10 Greatest Martial Arts Film Stars
Stumbled upon this excellent list over at thepulplist.com Glad to see my personal favorite Shintaro Katsu landing 8th on the list. You may recognize him from the “Blind Swordsman“ movie series. There were at least 19 movies made in the series. I rented ALL of them from netflix. The best one was the episode where he took responsibility for transporting a very young baby boy in order to reunite him with his father after the baby’s mother was done away with by evil desperadoes.
Zato-ichi, Blind Swordsman played by Shintaro Katsu
Zato-ichi, blind masseur by trade, is running from his Yakuza gangster roots by wandering the countryside on foot. Impervious to the cold, he wears the same kimono outfit with rope sandals, winter or summer. His physical comedy makes me laugh. He has terrible table manners. He doesn’t bathe or wash his loincloth very often. All of this, combined with his excellent sword- play, plus the usual “kill all the bad guys in small groups of 4-6 at a time” make for fantastic story lines.
Because he is protective and honorable, good Japanese girls often fell in love with him. But he always left town, leaving a trail of broken hearts behind him. Walking proudly, tall and erect – instead of riding off – into the sunset.
When I watch these movies, I always wonder if I were standing there – facing the Blind Swordsman – would I bravely rush in where former fools have already died? I don’t think so. I think I would apply the quickness to my feet and run away!!
Find the full list here Top 10 Greatest Martial Arts Film Stars
photo credit: The Tale of Zatoichi, movie still photo of Zato unsheathing his sword
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Personal Development Kaleidoscope
No one achieves success without the help and support of other people. Not even Zato-ichi-san. Someone always helps Zato. People feed him, do his laundry and give him a place to stay. Luckily, we all have people around us who cheer us up when we’re feeling down. Connecting with others in our communities is essential to our personal happiness. Keeping your heart healthy and juicy is key to “Staying Young – from the Inside Out”.
The book “Personal Development Kaleidoscope”, is a demonstration of the power of connection in action. The Kaleidoscope Relationships List began as a list of the authors and their web-sites.
We are asked to publish this list on our site and to add people who we feel use or have used the principles taught in this book effectively. I am honored to be included on this list!
I am personally adding: each of these authors have made a profound difference for me – I hope you’ll find what you’re looking for in their writings too.
- Sami May LifeLaughsandLemmings
- Marc and Angel Marc and Angel Hack Life
- Fred Cook Luckisforrabbits
- Josh Hanagarne World’s Strongest Librarian
If you are not on the list, but would like to be – email Priscilla at relationships@priscillamcintire.com to express your interest and start a connection with us. Please include your name, the name of your Web Site, and the site URL. Finally, use this list to connect with each other! After all that is the whole point of the Kaleidoscope Relationships List.
If you need information about how to post this list to your site easily please read Easily Post a List With Active Links.
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Abu Aremu Positive Self Talk Guide
Adam Kayce Monk at Work
Adebola Oni Naija Motivation
Al Ramsey 7pproductions.com
Alex Shalman Practical Personal Development
Alik Levin PracticeThis.com
Angela Lord at Angelalord.com
Armen Shirvanian Timeless Information
Arswino Inspiration & Motivation Blog
Arthur Hung & Jason Fonceca Spiritentient
Bunny BunnyGotBlog
Cheryl Ragsdale That Girl Is Funny
Chris Cade Think without the box
Chris Marshall Martial Development
CK Reyes My Coaching Works
Cinderella S Kelley Kroh The Krohs Nest
Cindie Wilding Answers From Within
Corrinne Edward Personal Growth with Corinne Edwards
Craig Harper Motivational Speaker – Craig Harper
Crystal Silver CrystalSilver.com
Daniel Sitter Idea Sellers
Daphne Joyful Days
David Rogers How to Have Great Self Confidence
David Zinger David Zinger Associates
Dawn Edwards Second Hand Roses
Dawna Jones Management-Issues
Diane Brandon Diane Brandon.com and Diane Brandon.net
Dr. Venerina Conti VenerinaConti.com
Dragos Roua dragosroua.com
El Baugher at Thesmilingspirit.com
Ellie Walsh at Living the Law of Attraction
Frank Butterfield Life Unfolding Beautifully and 68 Second Videos
Fred Cook Luckisforrabbits
Gamy Rachel Mind Think Success
Gary Evans Good To Feel Good
Gleb Reys Personal Development Ideas
Gordie Rogers Lifestyle Design 4U
Gregory Allen Butler holistic-personal-development.com
Heather Beste a little bit of me time
Ian Quantum Learning
Isabella Mori MoriTherapy
Jacklyn Ker Inspiring and Empowing Lives
Jeanette Maw Good Vibe Coaching
Jeanne May Goals and Aspirations
Jeff ‘Yoopersmith’ Smith Shift-Your-Consciousness
Jennifer Mannion JennyMannion.com
John Sadler Bitesize Marketing NLP
Jonathan Fields Awake At the Wheel
Jonathan Wells Advanced Life Skills
Jordan Rosenfeld Make a Scene
Josh Hanagarne World’s Strongest Librarian
Judy Kinney Dream and Flourish
Judy Martin The Work/Life Monitor
Justin Wolsey Riggs Easier Method
Kaya Singer Awakening Business
Karen Putz A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
Lance Ekum Jungle of Life
Lexi Sundell Energies of Creation
Liz Strauss Successful Blog
Lori Painter at Inspire2act
Lorraine Cohen Powerfull Living
Lyman Reed Free Personal Development Material
Lynn Solarczyk Livingloa
Luciano Passuello Litemind.com
M. Farouk Radwan 2knowmyself
Marc and Angel Marc and Angel Hack Life
Mel Kaye Monday Morning Power
Melissa Goerke Melissa Thinks Out Loud
Marelisa Fábrega Abundance Blog at Marelisa Online
Meryl K. Evans Meryl.net
Michele Woodward Lifeframeworks.com
Michelle Vandepas Conscious Destiny
Mike King Learn This
Neil Sattin NeilSattin.com and Natural Dog Blog
Patricia Schiavone Thriving Together, AtoZEdit.com and Attracting The Best
Patricia Singleton Spiritual Journey of a Lightworker
Phil Gerbyshak PhilGerbyshak.com
Priscilla McIntire at Personal Development Demands Success
Rachel Rofe at Rachelrofe.com
Rahul Bhambhani Take-20.com
Robert Henru Reason4Smile
Robin Skeen Robin?s Reflections
Rod Smith Difficult Relationships
Sam Kotadia MindSportLive.com
Sami May LifeLaughsandLemmings
Scott Ginsberg Hello, My Name Is Blog
Scott H Young Scotthyoung.com
Sharani Robins Sharani Girl on a Road
Sherri Joubert Being The Change I Wish To see
Shauna Arthurs Follow Your Path and Breathing Prosperity
Slade Roberson Shift Your Spirits
Sonia Simone Remarkable Communication
Steve Borgman Success Factors
Stephen Balanced Existence
Stephen Rat Race Trap
Steven Aitchison Change Your Thoughts
Sugandi Iyer Life Business Creations
Thea Westra MyForwardsteps.com and TimeForMyLife.com
Tina Su Think Simple Now
Todd Goldfarb We The Change
Vincent Tan Health Money Success
Vivienne Quek Versa Creations
Zorka Hereford Essential Life Skills
Zubli Zainordin Your Wisdom of Total Happiness
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Cheryl Ragsdale’s MMA posts also appear on Yahoo! Sports
Cheryl Ragsdale practices martial arts for fun and physical fitness at Florian Martial Arts Center. She is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Blue Belt under Keith Florian and UFC Fighter, Kenny Florian, both Black Belts. Stand up for yourself and stay young from the inside out. Check out some of my other posts strictly for UFC fans and fighters.
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