Years before Dr. Oz wrote his book You, The Owners Manual (2005) (which I haven’t read) I attended a work shop about taking responsibility for and owning your health. Bottom line: You invest in a 401K or an IRA for your future financial health but what are you doing now for your future physical health because what good is all your money if you’re sick and miserable, in pain, totally stressed out and not having much fun? So here’s the question. What am I doing every day to build/maintain my health or to destroy it? Think OWNERS. Oxygen (clean air/breathing properly), Water (volume/quality), Nutrition (real food/supplements), Energy (exercise/meditation – yes, meditation actually builds energy), Relaxation (meditation/yoga/reading), S(sleep/stress reduction). Some friends think I’m crazy for where I spend my time/energy and resources but I think Thomas Jefferson had it right in 1826 when he wrote, “Without health there is no happiness. An attention to health, then, should take the place of every other object”.
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