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Life and Health

I went for a run earlier this morning. You could tell fall has arrived. It wasn’t as sunny as it has previously been. There was that nice fall breeze that isn’t too cold, but just right. You can almost start to see some leaves on the ground. I started to think how the season’s change is somewhat similar to life. Like the four seasons some things in life are very expected. You have a general knowledge of when they will occur. However a lot of unexpected events can occur when it comes to the seasons as well. Some times winter lasts throughout spring, or you get a heat wave a day after it was 30 degrees. That pretty much sums up life. You have your major variables that are very expected with a few random variables thrown into the mix. You can not plan for these random variables… they just happen. And believe me they can happen as fast as that cold front that just hit town.

I just found out today that one of my acquaintances mother recently passed away from cancer. My prayers go out to the family. I could not imagine loosing a family member. I had heard her mother was sick but did not know it had gotten that bad. It made me start to think about the unexpected and how you really can not plan for it. As you can tell my mind seems to wander from topic to topic. On my run I was thinking about how it is eventually going to get cold soon and how we can plan for certain events like the four season but other things are just up to mother nature (Oh yea and how the unexpected actually really sucks).

My mother is a school nurse and has to see some depressing things daily. She told me something yesterday that really hit home. “If you have your heath you have EVERYTHING.”

I thought about that statement this morning while running by Lake Michigan and felt a sense of gratitude. The fact that I was able to wake up and go for a run outside brought a smile to my face. Other people are not that lucky. I am a pretty big advocate of healthy eating and exercise. The problem with society today is that everyone is so caught up on physical appearance and not inner appearance. When you actually stop caring so much about apperience and start looking at it from a perspective of “health” you truly can appreciate your body for what it is made for. Then eventually your appearance will start to match the inside. So this New Year’s or swimsuit season don’t tell yourself you need to lose 20 pounds. You probably will end up failing. Instead tell yourself I want to live a healthier life. I want to be happy and live until I am old and grey. Although some things in life are unexpected as a society we can take small steps to prevent certain illnesses.

So the next time you are deciding rather to lay on the couch all day or go for a walk outside please take a moment and ask yourself… What if I didn’t even have a choice?