Tag: health

Here we go again

Mid Life Celebration logo drawn in one minute with pen and crayons
Mid Life Celebration logo drawn in one minute with pen and crayons in 2008

 

Here we go again. Writing this morning from Iowa on the eve of the iPhone 5s going on sale and knowing that this post will lie dormant until December 30 created a reflective moment.

The predictability of society’s reluctant approach to change.

New Year’s resolutions?

There’s a book that recently hit the market that addresses the root cause and offers a simple, hard core, honest look at the secret to resolutions.

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Health is wealth is such an understatement

Two post inguinal hernia repair surgery medications
The hospital was very wise, they knew I’d need both these bottles, desperately

 

The things we take for granted until we don’t have them – walking, getting in and out of bed, bowel movements.

When you’re bedridden, the extent of exercise consists of getting in and out of bed, especially when you’ve been given a narcotic to mask the pain, it’s decently serious.

Having a daily routine that can not be performed, well, it quickly becomes a major issue. Thank goodness for the second bottle.

Second day of recovery, went for a 200 meter walk (end of street and back). I asked Cheryl, “Have you ever seen me walk this slow”. She smiled and half-laughed, “No!”.

Insight: The hard work of exercise is worth every invisible, non-obvious, taken-for-granted benefit it provides.

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