What is your health worth?

Day 94 of my 365 day blog challenge

The body is your temple, keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in........I met someone many, many years ago who once said to me "my body is my temple so I don't drink alcohol".  I thought she was crazy.  Almost 20 years later, I finally understand it.  She was a wise woman.  Our bodies are our temples.  Fuel them with whole foods, yoga, meditation and exercise and they repay you with great health.  Eat "foods" that you know aren't good for you, don't exercise and your body with repay you with disease and illness.  So what is your health worth? Are you mindful of what you fuel your body with? Or do you think that you are untouchable and you are going to die anyways so you might as well enjoy it.

I always remember my dad telling me that he will only live to be 52 years old.  Not a great thing to say to your kids.  He ate anything and everything.  Then around age 61 he had a heart attack.  Scared the shit out of him for long enough to change his eating for about 1 month.  Then sadly he went back to his ways.  Though he did quit smoking after smoking 2 packs per day since he was 15 years old....amazing!! Then when he was 67 he had another heart attack and passed away a few days later :( What was his health worth to him? He always said "when my numbers up it's up".  I wonder when he was waiting for the ambulance after his heart attack if he wished he had made a few more changes along the way........I'm sure he did :(

So what is your health worth? Life is worth living and that's what it's for.  But I know first hand that when you are diagnosed with something and facing death, the last thing you want to say to yourself is "I wish I did things different".   You never want to hear the words from a doctor "you have cancer or I'm sorry there's nothing we can do".  Because that's an oh shit moment.  By then it's too late to turn back the clock. 

The body is your temple, keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in.  What is your health worth?

Thanks for reading, sharing and commenting.  To good health!!! Giving thanks!!