Good Health is a Treasure!

I was in an oncologist's office with the my father last week and there was a sweet, elderly couple sitting in the waiting room. They were smiling from ear to ear and sitting very close to each other.

After taking care of paper work for my father, I turned to the elderly couple and smiled. The wife immediately bubbled up with their good news. "He's done. He had his last treatment and everything looks good." The husband bobbed his head up and down with that grin on his face.

I told him congratulations (if you know anyone who has had to suffer through cancer treatments, you know what a big deal that final day is!) and asked if they planned to celebrate. "Oh, yes!" she exclaimed. She proceeded to give details about a family gathering and the celebration they would share together.

I keep seeing this couple's face in my mind's eye. They were hopeful. They were thankful. They were fully appreciating his health. And I was impressed once again with how precious life and health are. It's when your health is threatened, or when it is decimated, that you realize how valuable it was in the first place. Suddenly, you don't take for granted the legs that can run and jump, or the heart that can pump life through your body or the lungs that process each life-giving breath!

Don't wait for a health crisis to scare you into getting healthy and fit. Get healthy and fit NOW while you can! While you are able! Each of us will encounter a health crisis at some point in our lives. That's a given. Our bodies age and we can be prone to disease and illness - and while we can't control genetics, we CAN control other aspects of our health! Do what you can to strengthen your body and improve your health so you can appreciate your health today and not wallow in regrets in the future.

Think of that couple smiling because of the husband's redeemed health. Good health is a true treasure!