Your body is the vehicle of your life. Question is, "what kind of performance do you want?"
Do you maintain your car better than you do your body? Unlike cars, we can’t exchange our bodies in a few years for a newer model. Your job is to take the very best care of your body, so it lasts and doesn't have inconvenient breakdowns.
We look at the human body as nothing but a biological machine. It takes in fuel, converts it to energy and does work.
The best car drivers and equipment operators will be "in tune" with their machines. They pay attention to the feel, sounds and vibration of their machine. Often they can catch issues before they are major problems. By making small adjustments, taking a little downtime and investigating a subtle symptom or adding a little extra grease here or there, the machine can stay at optimum performance. You can take the same approach with your body.
Strive to be "in tune" with your body.
If your car's engine is making a noise, you do not just ignore it or pour a cup of oil in it and go on your way. So why do we do that with our bodies, mind and spirit? We all know what happens when a car isn't maintained. It breaks down. Soon you will need to trade it in on something more reliable. Same thing is true with your body. Trouble is, you only get one body.
Care for your body and your car and you will both run "like well-oiled machines." It is really not more complicated than that. If you are not an expert on automobiles, you will take your car to a competent mechanic. Why not do the same to your body? Get a coach before you get hauled away by a tow truck--ambulance and are incapacitated in the repair shop-- hospital for week or months.
A good mechanic can teach you simple maintenance and maybe even how to avoid a major breakdown. A coach can too. But, we tend to be so busy living our lives that we don't take the time to maintain either our bodies or our cars. Thus, we are plagued with breakdowns as our cars and bodies age.
If you spend your life neglecting your body, you can expect bad performance such as chronic pain diseases, obesity or the onset of cancer at an early age. If you decide that you want a major overhaul to get great performance, it's going to take major effort on your part. But if you do not maintain all the work you've done, within a few years, little will remain to be seen from all your hard work on the overhaul.
Your body is your responsibility; no one else can do the maintenance for you. You can't go get a new body. Moreover, 30, 40 or 50 years of abuse and neglect can't be fixed in a month or two.
The good news is that you can start with small steps that will make a difference. But only if you keep taking these steps and more steps every day. If you take this road, before long you will be amazed at how much you have done. Once you start, you won't want to go back to that old neglected feeling.
Do you maintain your car better than you do your body? Unlike cars, we can’t exchange our bodies in a few years for a newer model. Your job is to take the very best care of your body, so it lasts and doesn't have inconvenient breakdowns.
We look at the human body as nothing but a biological machine. It takes in fuel, converts it to energy and does work.
The best car drivers and equipment operators will be "in tune" with their machines. They pay attention to the feel, sounds and vibration of their machine. Often they can catch issues before they are major problems. By making small adjustments, taking a little downtime and investigating a subtle symptom or adding a little extra grease here or there, the machine can stay at optimum performance. You can take the same approach with your body.
Strive to be "in tune" with your body.
If your car's engine is making a noise, you do not just ignore it or pour a cup of oil in it and go on your way. So why do we do that with our bodies, mind and spirit? We all know what happens when a car isn't maintained. It breaks down. Soon you will need to trade it in on something more reliable. Same thing is true with your body. Trouble is, you only get one body.
Care for your body and your car and you will both run "like well-oiled machines." It is really not more complicated than that. If you are not an expert on automobiles, you will take your car to a competent mechanic. Why not do the same to your body? Get a coach before you get hauled away by a tow truck--ambulance and are incapacitated in the repair shop-- hospital for week or months.
A good mechanic can teach you simple maintenance and maybe even how to avoid a major breakdown. A coach can too. But, we tend to be so busy living our lives that we don't take the time to maintain either our bodies or our cars. Thus, we are plagued with breakdowns as our cars and bodies age.
If you spend your life neglecting your body, you can expect bad performance such as chronic pain diseases, obesity or the onset of cancer at an early age. If you decide that you want a major overhaul to get great performance, it's going to take major effort on your part. But if you do not maintain all the work you've done, within a few years, little will remain to be seen from all your hard work on the overhaul.
Your body is your responsibility; no one else can do the maintenance for you. You can't go get a new body. Moreover, 30, 40 or 50 years of abuse and neglect can't be fixed in a month or two.
The good news is that you can start with small steps that will make a difference. But only if you keep taking these steps and more steps every day. If you take this road, before long you will be amazed at how much you have done. Once you start, you won't want to go back to that old neglected feeling.