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Here’s one harsh reality we have the option to alter

photo of free health graph at Walmart store — health is wealth, and must be protected, nurtured, and maintained

Here’s one harsh reality we have the option to alter

One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted to do. Do it now. – Paulo Coelho

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

This month jeff noel is encouraging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. It’s a breeze to go from this physical health blog to the spiritual health blog, just click -> go to Next Blog

The harsh reality of health awareness

photo of , No Lifeguard sign at Florida Beach — should say, no lifeguard, be sedentary at own risk

The harsh reality of health awareness. We truly don’t become aware how important good health is until we realize we don’t have it. Health offers a freedom very few realize.

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The lesson from yesterday’s post is awareness through focus and discipline

photo of three overweight middle aged men sitting in airplane first class — Know your healthy zone (weight, blood pressure, etc), and fight tooth and nail to stay in that range

The lesson from yesterday’s post is awareness through focus and discipline. A message easy to hate.

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Dear Son, Im nearly 10% overweight

photo of Be Our Guest Restaurant entrance at night — the weight of the world on our shoulders – no one is immune

Dear Son, Im nearly 10% overweight. Ideal, thriving weight is 151. This morning 164.5.

Been hovering between 157 – 162 for the past year.

Weirdly, I can tell a sudden two pound weight gain simply from the way I feel. It’s similar to the way I set out (yesterday) to run a six-minute mile, at the 800 meter split, 3:03. The second 800, 2:57. You do the math. Freaky.

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What’s touching about this daughter’s running story is her tone of voice

The following email arrived three days ago. Was so touched by the video, and by the narrow degree of separation between the story and my birthplace and current life. I’ve kept the email author anonymous, with her permission:

“I thought you may enjoy this little 2 1/2 minute video.

Dave was a neighbor of ours. We carpooled our girls to dance class. He was a doctor in the ER at York (PA) Hospital. His wife went back to school to finish her nursing degree and was doing an Internship at HealthSouth when my husband was there post stroke. Even after they moved to another neighborhood up the hill from The Galleria Mall, I’d still see Dave out running. They are one of the nicest families I’ve ever known.

I saw Dave in the ICU, and a few weeks later in the hallway of the hospital, when my Dad was so sick. As usual, he was kind, funny and comforting. He didn’t tell me that he was only working part time because of his own health issues. His daughter and I are in touch via facebook. I read her post this past October that said he had died that afternoon. He had been fighting T-cell lymphoma for 5 years. She had donated bone marrow and the transplant have given him a few extra years. His wife is an oncology nurse, his daughter is a NICU nurse, and they and his other daughter (the one in the video) and son took leaves from work and cared for him at home for the last couple of months of his life.”

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Update: The email author has added more to this story, which continues now if you go to Next Blog