AUTHOR: LAURIE PINKINS
Feel the summer breeze
Learn how warmer weather and increased sunlight during the summer season can help to boost your mood.
Vacations, barbecues, long walks on the beach, lunch in the park, the experience of summer is amazing. The warm sun rays on your skin and the heat of the day, are perfect to go outside to run or play. Water parks, pool side games, and ocean dives all help you to find refreshing relief from the humid summer heat. In this article, we will discuss ways to enjoy the summer season that help to boost your mood.
“For the LORD GOD is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will HE withhold from them that walk uprightly."
Psalm 84:11 KJV
Benefits of Direct Sunlight
Summer is full of enjoyable times, especially due to the days of increased sunlight. This increased sun provides a vast amount of benefits for your mind and body. Some of the benefits include better sleep quality, stronger bones, lowering blood pressure, reduced inflammation, and healing certain skin conditions. When you are in the sun, you feel better overall. In light of the numerous benefits for your mind and body, go outside and enjoy the sun!
“From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised."
Psalm 113:3 KJV
Ways to Enjoy the Sun
protect yourself
Wear sunscreen. Sunscreen is to be worn daily to protect all skin tones from the UV sun rays.
stay hydrated
Drink plenty of cool water before, during, and after enjoying direct sun exposure.
dress appropriately
Wear light colored and lightweight clothing when in the sun.
try new things
Look for new activities to enjoy in your community where you can get outside and enjoy the sun.
practice safety
Keeping cool is imperative when in sunlight. Find shaded places, wear light clothing, and get out of the sun as soon as you feel any signs of exhaustion.
enjoy yourself
Take some time off from work during the increased sunny days to enjoy yourself, family, and friends.
How the Sun Impacts your Mood
Sunlight is associated with better mental health. Studies show getting more exposure to the sun will significantly improve your state of mind. Exposure to increased sunlight can directly impact your mood and emotional responses. Your skin cells begin to produce Vitamin D when you are in the sun. This nutrient is a primary component that your body needs to help to regulate your mind. Vitamin D allows your body to absorb other essential nutrients for your health and increases your serotonin levels. As a result of the Vitamin D your body produces from direct sunlight, you feel an improved sense of mood and happiness when in the sun.
BRIGHT AFFIRMATIONS
I am bright
i am glowing
i am pleasant
i am buoyant
i am outgoing
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Being sunny is a mindset.
Pair your daily affirmations with scriptures of the Bible.
Become a Sunny Person
Being sunny is a mindset. Your thoughts will become more happy and relaxed when you have a sunny mindset. You can begin to develop this mindset by first, focusing on what is good in your life. Try using a gratitude journal to write down your prayer requests and when the prayers are answered. Use this journal to reflect on the goodness of GOD and as a reference point for your testimony to focus on the good in your life. Next, look for ways to be happy daily. Find new and exciting activities within your local community or vacation destinations where you can enjoy the sun. From visiting an outside museum, rose garden, or ocean attraction, search for things which include increased exposure to direct sunlight. Exploring new adventures to enjoy in the sun will increase your happiness daily. Then, exercise outside in the sun. Go for a walk or jog during the sunrise, if you would like to enjoy the sun with less heat. Last, be wise in the amount of direct sunlight exposure your enjoy, by protecting yourself. Always wear sunscreen and avoid heat exhaustion. Get outside to enjoy the sun this summer and your overall mood will improve.
Scriptures for Sunny
"Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of HIS people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.” Isaiah 30:26 KJV
There is power in speaking and meditating on the scriptures of the Bible daily.
Read, speak, and meditate on these scriptures for sunny.
Next Steps
Finding support from a therapist, life coach, trusted friend, or support group that can help you to become a sunny person.
Use the following steps to become a sunny person:
- Have a sunny mindset
- Focus on the good in your life
- Look for ways to be happy daily
- Explore new adventures
- Get outside and enjoy the sun
Read, speak, and meditate on the scriptures of the Bible for the sun. King James Version
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Joshua 10:12
Joshua 10:13
Psalm 72:17
Psalm 84:11
Psalm 113:3
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Ecclesiastes 9:13
Ecclesiastes 7:11
Isaiah 45:6
Are you having feelings of pessimism or doubt? Want to transform your life today? Get your free consultation with a Life Transformation coach to start the journey to become a sunny person.
To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
1 Corinthians 12:9 KJV
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