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Chapter 14—Wellness
A Young Adult’s Encounter with Ellen White ... on Wellness
There is much focus on health these days. You’ve seen it—many
diets, gyms, and health foods. Men and women are trying to get in
shape. Complicated programs are everywhere, but I have seen that
being healthy is actually quite simple. I don’t mean that using all
your willpower to resist that piece of chocolate cake is easy, but the
principles behind the whole thing are. I know there are people with
special health needs, but for most of us what we eat and what we do
determine how fit we are.
I had been a vegetarian for more than three years when I started
my first year of college. I also started reading
The Ministry of
Healing
, and discovered it was really interesting. That book sounds
just like what the health community is currently publishing! Where
I live there is a great focus on health, but it seemed ironic for me to
be reading a book about health that had been written more than 100
years ago and yet contains the same basic guidelines as the modern
journals.
I started following the vegan lifestyle and increased my exer-
cise, intake of water, and time with God. Within the first semester,
I was not only feeling better physically (and minus those excess
25 pounds), but more connected spiritually. When I resisted my
appetite, I found that I was stronger against temptation. Also, since
my brain was no longer clouded from a high-sugar, high-fat diet I
discovered that I could hear the voice of God more clearly.
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Ellen White’s counsel made a visible, tangible difference in my
health and appearance. More important, practicing that counsel has
strengthened my relationship with my Savior
Tara, age 21
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