Sunday Story…Decline vs. Decay

 

Ever since about age 30 or so we have all been declining. Our hormones peaked, our physicality began to plateau and we started the gentle slide into the next phase of life. Then beginning at 45 or so the decline got a little steeper. And by the time 60 hit for most people the decline became a slippery slope and decay began in earnest.

 

Decay doesn’t have to start. While you were focused on your family, your career, and your retirement plans you forgot about the physical body you inhabit. All the money in the world won’t stop the inevitable decay your body is going to exhibit if you don’t make some changes. The doctors are going to tell you it's all part of the aging process. The doctors are mistaken.

 

Yes, the decline may be inevitable but the slope doesn’t have to be steep. And decay can be stopped, paused, and reversed. It’s up to you. You get to decide what the next few years are going to look like.  Are you going to resign yourself to a swift progression to immobility, decay, and disease? Or are you going to dust yourself off and decide that the once true and certain future doesn’t belong to you?

 

Look in the mirror and ask yourself this:

Am I ready to get off my rear and get after life? Or am I going to accept the accelerated decline and inevitable decay we have seen so many others go through?

 

Decide soon.

 

John Mariotti

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