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There are two ways you can be Concerned about your health Reactive or Proactive Reactive is the world of pharmaceutical drugs, surgery, crash diets, etc. Anytime we are reactive about health it is usually because of a health crisis. A health crisis can come in a few different ways. There is "life happens" type of health crisis where we fall down and break our arm, or we get blind sided at an intersection, and to some degree genetic flaws in our physical make-up can lead to serious health problems. In these cases we should be thankful that we live in such an advanced medical age because we need reactive health approaches. The other view of a health crisis is what I would call "self-induced" or neglect based crisis. Roughly 80% of all health maladies in our society are of this variety. The majority of the diseases, like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, auto-immunes, etc. are the result of lifestyle. That means they ultimately come from neglecting to do what is needed to avoid these. In these cases, once again we are fortunate to have such a great reactive health care system, but then again, what an enormous waste of resources and quality of life. Once we are in the reactive mode, particularly from a disease, the quality of our life plummets. We become limited physically, drained financially, and life becomes regimented by the confines of the disease. I know this all too well because I have lived it through family members who didn't survive. What a waste of life. It is never too late to be proactive. I believe if everyone could internalize the true cost of not being proactive, in other words, get a glimpse at the price they were really paying, nothing would stop them from doing the right things every day. Exercising, eating good food, and taking high quality supplements, is much cheaper in time and money than the ultimate price of not doing these things. Stop for a moment and think to yourself, is there really a worthwhile reason to not do the right things for your health today? Will that reason (if you have one) stand up as legitimate to you if you were looking backwards in 5 years from a doctor's appointment where you heard something life changing? Be proactive. It will help you and it will set an example that might help the people you love too. I don't have time, I'm tired, I can't afford it, those are excuses. One of my favorite business philosophers is a man named Jim Rohn. He says "Could, should, won't, are the formulas for disaster. Be Proactive...I want you and those you care about around and to be healthy:) "When we know about something that can help people we have a responsibility to share it with others." |
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