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Fragility.

Life is fragile. I used to have a sense that it wasn't. I felt secure. I felt I could go to sleep, wake up, breathe, live, play, go to sleep and do it all over again. Partly because of my job, partly because of my wife's health issues... life doesn't seem so stable or secure. To make things worse a friend of mine who is 38 years old suffered a small stroke. I actually took care of him in the hospital... He's doing fine, but other than his LDL cholesterol of 144 he shouldn't have had a stroke. What's crazy is that I saw him the very night before the stroke, just completely fine and unsuspecting.

Now, I feel like I could die at any moment. Car wreck... Some rare form of cancer... Stroke... Or heart attack. My whole world could be turned upside down, or end all together.

I recently went to Woodward park on a beautiful day, the azaleas were in bloom... couples were holding hands and kissing, having pictures taken together... having picnics... WALKING AROUND! No health problems! And I bet most of those people don't even acknowledge how much of a miracle and a gift from God they are enjoying.

Don't take your health for granted. Enjoy it. Honor God's gift to you by tending to it. Don't smoke. Don't drink excessively. Don't eat trans or sat fat... and exercise. I'm preaching to myself on the exercise, I need to get back to it.

David

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