Why do I have to put effort to live healthy? Life is already hard enough without having to sacrifice all the good foods, or sweating my a** off at the gym, day in and day out. One way or another, if I am about to get cancer, I will get it...and by the way, even the one you consider as healthiest person on earth CAN get cancer. And DEATH is not a probability.
I am aware of it. I ask myself often, after 14 years of trial and error in attempt to live a healthy life, how can I assure myself that I won’t be terminally ill and end my life in pain? And I know that I CAN’T...I know that those diseases I despise with all my heart, are sitting quietly in the corner, waiting for a chance to manifest.
I had a puppy once. It got sick due to virus. The vet said it won’t survive. There is nothing medication can do. I just have to accept that my puppy is going to die real soon, in pain. So we keep it at home, feed it, take good care of it, wrap it’s small body at night, and caress it. Knowing that it will die soon doesn’t change the way we pet it. We wanted to give it a chance...a chance to live one more day.
If I am willing to give that chance to my terminally ill puppy, why don’t I do the same to my currently healthy body? Why don’t I keep on giving it a chance to stay healthy...one more day, one more month, one more year?
You know, when you feel that you HAVE CHANCES, you will have HOPE. HOPE doesn’t guarantee you are getting everything you want, but it keeps you moving forward, stronger than before. I strive and I struggle, against my own desires, to NOT eating foods I like or doing things I want to. There are chances I want to take, and for those I am willing to pay the price.
I will die anyway...but HOPEFULLY, in the best shape I could ever be.
