Posts Tagged ‘bad habits’

Beyond all argument, beauty is a curse if it leads two velvet-clad men to fight a mortal duel for you at midnight, while another handsome gentleman is killing himself, falling on his sword because he can never hope to have your dear love. However, this sort of thing is far more frequent in fantasy than in life.

In life, most people get over their love disappointments, and replace their lost loves. Lost love becomes infatuation in memory, for most. If it does not, the permanently lovelorn are likely to have had a previous problem that had nothing to do with beauty, charm, or fatal love. Instead, they may have been seeking an excuse for a life lived without the distractions of passion, romance, or family.

Even the most breath-taking beauty is seldom a curse of the sort that makes romantic happiness impossible. Actually, it is probably never a curse of that sort. Bad habits are what make a partnership difficult, from the little that I have seen.

No, beauty’s real curse is that it sometimes distracts its bearer from his or her life goals. Power over others is seductive, and the power of beauty is in fact immense. Without a doubt, some of the beautiful have chosen to exercise their physical power rather than develop their intellectual or artistic skills. How sad for them if beauty should happen to fade.

Great wealth might be called a curse for similar reasons. It grants a seductive power of a sort, but in the end it may only serve as a distraction. Not for all of those born to wealth, but for too many, it kills ambition. Not everyone, but many, seem to need some degree of privation, however slight, as a spur. Of course, wealth is nowhere near the disadvantage that outright poverty always is.

Obsession could be another sort of  twisted curse, leading the overly focused into a maze of narrow byways, only to emerge years later, their company built, their book published and forgotten, or their structure completed, but their children grown and gone, and their spouse gone too, or adjusted to a superficial partnership in which goals are not shared.

Solitude is a curse, for the social creatures that we humans are, but too much company can be a curse as well, and a waste of time babbled away in chat.

From what I have seen of it, I think that the experience of beauty, including transient human beauty, is one of life’s genuine joys, and that beauty is a blessing.

Dear Mr. President,

While watching the healthcare debate, I can’t help but notice that we continue to chase the disease, rather than invest in our wellness. Healthcare reform is not just about money. It is about a sick society that needs to be saved from its own self-inflicted bad habits. As long as we continue to abuse our bodies with bad diet, minimal exercise and excessive pharmaceuticals, there is little chance that any healthcare plan will suffice. Every doctor, researcher and health expert will tell you that fresh fruits and vegetables whole foodsand exercise, are what we are lacking.

You have a gift people listen to you. You are the one who can encourage people to take control over their health and do the right thing for themselves. You can change people’s mindset from fighting disease to regaining health. Just as Mother Theresa once said, I will not attend a march against war, but I will be happy to lead a peace rally, we must change the focus from negative to positive; from disease to health.

How about a healthcare plan that rewards a person for getting fit and strong – health care as in caring for our health? Require every person to get a complete physical (100% covered by insurance). Rather than prescribing excessive pharmaceuticals, instruct doctors to prescribe fruits, vegetables, exercise and rest to their patients. Grocery distributors and restaurantors will automatically join the challenge by lowering prices on healthy foods and preparing foods in a more health conscious manner because the people will demand it. Supply and demand still works in America. Conduct health studies through the primary doctors and dentists to monitor the patient’s progress every 6 months. Those who show significantly improved test results will receive their own $100.00 Stimulus check in the mail. At the end of each year, all of those who maintained excellent health habits and test results will be put in a lottery drawing for prizes such as trips, free college courses, paid mortgage payments, etc. Those who can maintain good health for two years will also see a reduction in their health insurance premiums. We the people are not motivated by seeing insurance companies get more money. We are motivated by getting some money back ourselves. This plan will turn everyday sick people into healthy successful citizens who get the recognition they deserve for working hard to better themselves, one person at a time, to make a difference.

In time, the tide will turn. New generations will receive the gift of healthy living. Our economy will be more productive and we’ll be a much stronger America. Imagine it.

I care about you, my family and our country. All politicians in the past have looked at healthcare in the same way. Mr. President, you could be the first to go outside the box and see healthcare in this whole new light.

Dear Mr. President,

While watching the healthcare debate, I can’t help but notice that we continue to chase the disease, rather than invest in our wellness. Healthcare reform is not just about money. It is about a sick society that needs to be saved from its own self-inflicted bad habits. As long as we continue to abuse our bodies with bad diet, minimal exercise and excessive pharmaceuticals, there is little chance that any healthcare plan will suffice. Every doctor, researcher and health expert will tell you that fresh fruits and vegetables whole foodsand exercise, are what we are lacking.

You have a gift people listen to you. You are the one who can encourage people to take control over their health and do the right thing for themselves. You can change people’s mindset from fighting disease to regaining health. Just as Mother Theresa once said, I will not attend a march against war, but I will be happy to lead a peace rally, we must change the focus from negative to positive; from disease to health.

How about a healthcare plan that rewards a person for getting fit and strong – health care as in caring for our health? Require every person to get a complete physical (100% covered by insurance). Rather than prescribing excessive pharmaceuticals, instruct doctors to prescribe fruits, vegetables, exercise and rest to their patients. Grocery distributors and restaurantors will automatically join the challenge by lowering prices on healthy foods and preparing foods in a more health conscious manner because the people will demand it. Supply and demand still works in America. Conduct health studies through the primary doctors and dentists to monitor the patient’s progress every 6 months. Those who show significantly improved test results will receive their own $100.00 Stimulus check in the mail. At the end of each year, all of those who maintained excellent health habits and test results will be put in a lottery drawing for prizes such as trips, free college courses, paid mortgage payments, etc. Those who can maintain good health for two years will also see a reduction in their health insurance premiums. We the people are not motivated by seeing insurance companies get more money. We are motivated by getting some money back ourselves. This plan will turn everyday sick people into healthy successful citizens who get the recognition they deserve for working hard to better themselves, one person at a time, to make a difference.

In time, the tide will turn. New generations will receive the gift of healthy living. Our economy will be more productive and we’ll be a much stronger America. Imagine it.

I care about you, my family and our country. All politicians in the past have looked at healthcare in the same way. Mr. President, you could be the first to go outside the box and see healthcare in this whole new light.