The road of life is much smoother when you can find balance despite what comes your way. When I think of balance, I think of two kids slowly rising and falling on a playground seesaw. Focusing only on your physical fitness is like standing on one side of that seesaw and expecting it to continue to rise and fall. Sure, the seesaw moved, but there is no balance. However, focusing on your overall wellness is understanding that for your seesaw to work, every component must be balanced and in sync.
几何类比：健身与。健康
Fitness is a component of wellness, but wellness isn’t a component of fitness. Make sense? It reminds me of the only thing I remember from ninth grade geometry class (other than it was the lowest grade I’ve ever received). What I recall from geometry is that a square is a rhombus but a rhombus is not a square. Here, fitness is the square and wellness is the rhombus. As a journalism major, that’s probably the only math analogy you’ll get from me. We need to dive a little deeper to understand the real differences between fitness and wellness and why both are important.
跑车类比：您合适还是很好？
When I think of striving toward wellness, I think of yoga. For me, yoga and wellness are about the balance of mind, body and spirit. So it begs the question: Are you fit, or are you well? Do your personal goals revolve around working out to stay in shape (fitness) — or working out for your mind, body and spirit (wellness)?
Fitness is simply attention to the body, which leads me to my third analogy: the sports car. Obviously, the exterior of a car might look good, but it will only get you so far (actually, it won’t get you anywhere). You may have the nicest sports car on the block — all shiny and fit with a luxury custom interior and decked out rims, but if you don’t service that vehicle on a regular basis, one day it will break down. If you don’t put the right gas in your tank (eating well), if you don’t service the engine (letting your body work and rest), if you don’t change the oil (clearing the mind), you may find yourself calling AAA from the side of the highway of life. Just as a car has many working components that all need equal attention, so do you.
THE “THREE LITTLE PIGS” ANALOGY: A STRONG FOUNDATION
My parents used to read the bedtime story, “Three Little Pigs,” to my brother and me when we were kids. My mom read it to get us to stop playing knee hockey on her living room carpet, and I think my dad read it to teach us the benefits of hard work. Anyway, here is the third analogy: Is the foundation of your life built on straw, sticks or bricks? Are you fit, or are you well?
老实说，请稍等片刻 - 建造房屋是艰苦的工作。我敢肯定，两头用稻草和棍子建造房屋的猪仍然努力工作。但是，从砖头建造房屋的猪工作效果更大一些 - 更聪明。当狼来试图炸毁他的房子时，对建造坚固的粉底的细节的额外关注挽救了猪。
强大的基础始于平衡。首先要理解生活中的真正幸福都需要工作。如果您将一些额外的工作与思想和精神一起专注于身体，那么您将准备好环保生活中的风暴。
蛋糕类比：过得很好！
健身是蛋糕的一片isthe cake.
身体健康是生活的重要组成部分，但是身体，思想和精神的健康就是生活的全部！开始给这三个领域相同的爱与关怀，您也许也可以吃蛋糕并吃掉它。
