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My longest-term goal is This:
I will be able to
walk
Wipe my own butt
And feed myself
Until the day I die.
Now there are plenty of other good goals to have for one’s entire life but these ones are the ones that motivate me most to continue caring for my health. I find that I consider deeply the long-term effects of things like eating candy or drinking alcohol.
I want to feel good now AND 50 years from now.
There have been many times over the years I would try to tell my friends to drink more water. They would say to me “I don’t feel sick! I don’t want to drink water. I feel fine and I’ve been drinking diet Coke for the last 4 years, (9 years, 19 years) That doesn’t apply to me” or something along those lines.
It’s one of those things that people do to destroy themselves, I think. (I have compassion for that. I destroy myself as well in the ways of eating, drinking or lifestyle. I have said in other posts that I recognize this.)
If one is told that something is bad for them – and they do not want to consider the advice – I believe this is a way to stay oblivious to one’s health. It’s a form of self-delusion. A way to stay fixed into immediate gratification by not considering long-term effects.
Scares the shit out of me to think of the health problems one would face after consuming so much processed food over a long period of time.
I can imagine our nurses, surgery experts and nursing-home employees could speak much on the subject of diseases caused by poor maintenance of the body.
It’s not like I want to have a body that’s pristine and unused in my old-age.
I just want to be able to
Walk
Wipe my own butt
and feed myself
Till the day I die.
This is my solid motivation to stay active and healthy everyday
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