We're all human beings, right?
We have muscles and tendons, a skeletal frame that keeps everything in place, two legs, two arms, a torso and a brain.
We have lungs, a heart, a liver, a pancreas, a gall bladder, appendix and spleen along with an extensive and intricate network of tissue, nerves, blood vessels and arteries.
Our bodies are something most of us (including myself) don't even give a second thought to, until we have a problem.
Our bodies tag along wherever we go--we take them out for a run; we take them out for a walk; we work them to exhaustion at the gym; we embellish them with jewelry and trinkets and detail and mark them with fancy tatoos; we use them to get high; we use them for sex.
They are masterfully equipped for just about anything and everything we wish them to do.
Isn't it interesting that "our bodies are always there for us" but "we're not always there for them."
We pump nicotine into our lungs, slowly poisoning them, we inhale, we snort, we snuff; we stick needles in our veins to get high; we concoct and ingest potentially lethal designer drug cocktails and drink beer and wine until we can't stand up.
Why not? Everyone's doing it. What harm could possibly result?
The percentage of people doing drugs and alcohol in this country today is off the charts and the really scary part is this percentage is rising.
No wonder our health care premiums are skyrocketing.
On another really touchy issue but one that begs an honest answer, why should we keep insuring those who have no interest in keeping themselves healthy but continually do damage to their bodies, winding up in the ER or hospital to the detriment of others whose problem(s) weren't of their own making?
Doesn't sound fair and it certainly doesn't sound right.
Remember the slogan "If it Feels Good Do It?"
>Hollywood's doing it, (now that's a "NO BRAINER).
>Washington's doing it, (that's an even bigger, NO BRAINER).
>Big Business is doing it.
>Now, even the youngest among us are doing it.
In our world, society --what is permissible and what is not-- makes and dictates the rules of our behaviour.
In that case, I'd say we're all in big trouble.
Wouldn't it be interesting if we decided to take that responsibility onto ourselves, that "we" (in lieu of society) were actually the ones in charge of our own behaviour?
I just returned from the hospital due to pancreatitis.
And after going through what I just went through, I recommend you read this article:
http://pathology.jhu.edu/pc/BasicOverview1.php?area=ba
I learned that the pancreas is a vital organ and an important part of the body contributing to its well being and overall health.
I learned an invaluable lesson from my experience and it literally has changed my life.
It is this:
I and I alone am responsible for my body.
If I abuse it, in time it will react negatively and rebel, not functioning properly.
I cannot blame anyone else for what happens to my body as:
It was personally assigned to ME.
This post is directed to all you who are using;
all you who are inhaling
all you who are drinking yourselves to death (because that is exactly what you are doing).
Understand that your body has a shelf life.
It deserves to be used and cared for, according to the directions and last, but not least, respected.
It can only stand so much abuse.
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