Worried about your health?

Posted on December 16, 2007 
Filed Under Become Smoke Free Fast, Fear, Worry & Doubt, General, Health & Wellness, Science & Medicine

If  you live in the United States, you’re probably worried about your health; most Americans are – and with good reason, too. Did you know that over two-thirds of Americans are overweight; and half of those are actually obese? That’s 200-million Americans who are overweight – which is simply an indicator of poor health – and stress.

And that’s just weight. There are hundreds of chronic health problems in this country, like diabetes, cancer, heart disease, fibromyalgia, lupus, and many other serious and not-so-serious health problems which don’t just affect people who are overweight. What I am saying is that there are only 300-million Americans and almost every one of them has a health problem of some sort – all of which diminish the quality of life.

So why wouldn’t you worry about your health if you live in America? Don’t you read? Don’t you watch television like everyone else? Fast food kills; the air will suffocate you; the water is polluted; and everything else seems to cause cancer, or some other affliction; and the most popular ways of moderating the stress and pain of this kind of life – smoking, drinking, eating junk food, and taking medicine prescribed by a doctor – are statistically among the most dangerous activities on the planet!

Besides the fact that our bodies seem to be trying to kill us with stress and disease, and our lifestyle and diet are only making matters worse, the Sun is also trying to kill us despite being the only thing keeping us alive. Can you imagine all the years people just ran around outside without clothes or sunscreen or sunglasses – without knowing that the Sun only creates life on this planet so it can give it sunburns, cancer, and interfere with its satellites, etc…?

And on top of all of that, our neighbors rob and kill us; our foreign neighbors go to war against us (like we do against them); religious extremist and other terrorists are likely to blow you up at any minute (according to the Dept. of Homeland Security…), and according to most religions, God was either already angry and sadistic, or He is now after all the foolishness WHO created? Is there anything not to be afraid of? What’s the point of even going on?

The truth is that there is nothing to worry about. Period. Ever. Fear not; all is well. Plans are good; but fear kills – end of story. Americans are fed a diet of fear simply because on the way to killing you fear causes stress; and stress causes you to spend money on things you don’t need – like junk food, gadgets, illness, medicine, etc… I have helped people quit smoking who have burned up over $50,000.00 in cigarettes over the years! All that money was wasted simply because the way they were taught to think and be in the world gave those individuals stresses that they only knew one way to moderate – cigarettes. Not everyone smokes; but most people have stress and do something to moderate it. Smokers choose cigarettes, in most cases, because their parents did, their friends did, or because they were readily available – and stress, boredom, or anxiety were present.

Stress is caused by fear; and fear is caused by thinking about frightening things. Job stress, for instance, can be caused by a million different things, but the only reason you would subject yourself to those reasons is out of fear of leaving that job. Relax and do the things you love; you’ll find less to be stressed about, and you’ll be a much happier and healthier person.

Likewise, financial stress, relationship stress, health stress, and any other stress is caused by the way we think about these things. Remember the old axioms, “Don’t worry about those things you are powerless to change,” and “Don’t sweat the small stuff…” Learn to love the things in your life and stress will simply melt away. “Somebody’s got to worry about these things!” you say? “The sick and poor,” as they say, “will always be among us.” And now you know why.

Worrying inhibits your immune system as it activates your stress response — opening your body up to illness as it breaks down your cells.  In other words, quit worrying about your health before you wreck your health.  Besides, if you had one-hour, one-day, one-week, or one-year to live, worrying would either shorten that time or make what time you had left miserable, scary, and uncomfortable.  There is no good reason to worry about your health, or anything else for that matter.  "Fear not; be of good cheer…"

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