Life, Health, Diet
Compare your body to a healthy lake. When you eat well, exercise, feel rested and are surrounded by a network of people who love and support you, you are full of energy.
In a pristine lake water laps gently at the shore, fish swim in the depths, insects skim across the surface and trees grow abundantly at the edge. Streams and rain flow in, evaporation removes some and balance is maintained. The surface of the water reflects well-being.
As life progresses, it can become harder to keep the self/lake full. Life’s challenges cause the level of the lake to drop. A pristine lake depends on a good environment, without too much variance in the ecological conditions. We humans can choose to be more in control of our “lake’s” health. No longer pristine, we have to work harder to keep ourselves feeling our best.
When we’re young and active, we can afford to make the occasional false move and not be the worse for it. When we get older, the way we treat ourselves has more impact on health and well-being. As the lake surface drops, as stresses appear in our lives, what lies at the bottom becomes increasingly visible.
Like the pristine lake, everyone has poor health potential. As the water surface lowers, the bottom might become visible much faster than anyone thought possible. Perhaps that beautiful lake wasn’t as deep and resilient as we might wish it had been. Poor food choices, burning the candle at both ends, a lack of emotional support … all will conspire to bring on health dangers we may never have thought possible.
We all want to do the best for our health and well-being. Eating well is perhaps the easiest and the most effective means we have of ensuring that our lives remain healthy and enjoyable.
None of us can be entirely sure of the resilience we have in our lives. Why take chances? Why not make good eating, healthy activity and time for good relationships the cornerstones of our lives?
