We all want to be healthy. I haven’t met anyone who told me that their goal is to be unhealthy. There’s a lot that goes into being healthy. Among the factors that contribute to one’s health are DNA, a bit of luck, and environmental context. A big factor is personal responsibility. When we consider our bodies a gift, ,taking care of our body is our responsibility. We are the ones who choose what to feed it. We are the ones who choose to exercise or not. It’s up to us. Choose to be healthy. Choose to eat foods that sustain and promote good health. Choose to maintain muscle strength and mobility. There’s so much we can do to contribute to a healthy body.
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To Luck ~ A Poem by William Stanley Merwin
To Luck
William Stanley Merwin
In the cards and at the bend in the road
we never saw you
in the womb and in the crossfire
in the numbers
whatever you had your hand in
which was everything
we were told never to put
our faith in you
to bow to you humbly after all
because in the end there was nothing
else we could do
but not to believe in you
still we might coax you with pebbles
kept warm in the hand
or coins or the relics
of vanished animals
observances rituals
not binding upon you
who make no promises
we might do such things only
not to neglect you
and risk your disfavor
oh you who are never the same
who are secret as the day when it comes
you whom we explain
as often as we can
without understanding
Today’s Poem: To Luck by William Stanley Merwin
To Luck
William Stanley Merwin
In the cards and at the bend in the road
we never saw you
in the womb and in the crossfire
in the numbers
whatever you had your hand in
which was everything
we were told never to put
our faith in you
to bow to you humbly after all
because in the end there was nothing
else we could do
but not to believe in you
still we might coax you with pebbles
kept warm in the hand
or coins or the relics
of vanished animals
observances rituals
not binding upon you
who make no promises
we might do such things only
not to neglect you
and risk your disfavor
oh you who are never the same
who are secret as the day when it comes
you whom we explain
as often as we can
without understanding
Thinking Out Loud: Will You Always Wonder?
Today’s Thinking Out Loud reflection is on Cervantes work, Don Quixote.
“He who does not know how to take advantage of luck when it comes to him, has no right to complain if it gives him the go-by . . .” ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Note: At one point in my career I had a wonderful colleague who had much more experience than I. She gave me this piece of advice: When an opportunity comes by, grab it. Because it probably won’t come by again. My experience proved her to be right. I made some mistakes and let good opportunities pass me by. I also had wonderful adventures because I grabbed the opportunity knowing that it would not come by again. I do think luck favors the bold. Dare to take a risk. You never know until you know. And, if you play it safe, you’ll always wonder what might have happened if.
