Loading ...This weekend my niece Tara had a big surprise birthday party at a restaurant for my brothers 70th birthday. At least 25 of his friends. Tara sent an invitation to “Bob in the back”, his wife calls and said he died two years ago. So just last night my brother and I start talking about all the people that dies early, including Bob in the back. He was a health freak eating weird stuff sprouts etc and hes gone.
Then there was Billy in the 1960s opened up a little Whole Foods store. He also was “carried” into worry by the media. One day long ago I see him in the supermarket and we’re chatting. He starts talking about food and complemented me about the Maple Syrup in my wagon, then he worried about the chop meat in my wagon “you better get that home in the fridge right away”.
He died young too. “we always get what we try to resist.” situation. There were a few others too even my wife in the 1960s got carried away by media that kept inventing new consumer products (organic food free of pesticides etc) we don’t really need, and there were none of that in the 1950s and before. She didn’t start after she got sick, it was decades before.
We also talked about the people we knew who lived VERY unhealthy lives and are still around. What you seem to describe are things we were taught by media (business gov’t) leadership. What I talk about are things I’ve seen and observed that are opposite of the past leadership teachings to pass on.
When our number is up, its up. And if anything, inheriting good genes and a good long marriage, good state of mind and exercise are the most important things for longevity. To me? Trying to extend our lives thru or by what we eat or take in, is like trying to control never ending climate change. In many cases placebo works.
P.S. Back Pain is another “rip off” media thing but related to mental state. Not ALWAYS mechanical or structural problem. But the media has everybody thinking the discs are crushed and nerves are squashed. I have PROOF mind and body are connected. Search Dr. Sarno.