Striving towards Excellence

-Karthik Gurumurthy

You know how your body's super smart about what it keeps and what it tosses out? Like, when you eat a burger, your body's like "Cool, I'll take these nutrients" and shows everything else the door. Same with water and air - your body's got this awesome filter system going on.

But here's the funny thing - when it comes to our thoughts and emotions, we suddenly forget how to filter! Someone says something mean to us, and instead of just taking any useful feedback and dumping the rest, we're like a sponge soaking up ALL the negativity. Not so smart, right?

It's like we're walking around with these emotional backpacks full of old hurts and grudges. Sure, we might say we've forgiven people, but we're still lugging around all that emotional junk in our mental attic. And guess what? All this emotional hoarding starts showing up in physical ways - weight gain, tummy troubles, achy joints, and just feeling like the world's sitting on your shoulders.

Here's a cool life hack: Every night, do a quick replay of your day. But instead of just remembering everything, play it like you're your body dealing with food - keep the good stuff, trash the rest. You can even make it official by telling yourself, "I'm keeping the lesson here and throwing out the drama."

The really wild part? A lot of us don't realize how our thoughts are like little chemical factories in our bodies. Every time you think "Ugh, I hate that person!" your body's brewing up some nasty stress cocktails. And when we keep playing these negative thoughts on repeat, they become like our personal theme song - you know, those "I can't do this" or "I'm not good enough" greatest hits we play in our heads.

Bottom line? We need to learn to think like our bodies process food - take what serves us and let the rest go. Otherwise, we're just making our minds into storage units for stuff we really don't need to keep!