Health – What If You Lose It

Health, what if you lose it? There are likely a few types of initial responses to that question, but 2 that are probably very common. Well for the majority of people I think, anyway.

There are those who think about this question constantly. They think about it, they dwell on it, and it can consume them. Possibly consume them into paralysis. Not the best response.

Then there are those people who just put their heads in the sand when this comes up. If they don’t think about it, talk about it or know about anything related to health, they think nothing bad will happen to them. Or some other wild thoughts. Also not a good response.

Friends, I hope that you and I know that isn’t how things work. Paralysis doesn’t need to the response, even if it’s the natural reaction. And mimicking an ostrich isn’t necessary or helpful.

Health. It can be something we take for granted UNTIL we lose it or have a loved one go through a health crisis.

But it is something that should never be taken for granted. NEVER. I speak from experience.

My first jolt into this reality happened at age 16. It was a massive jolt. One day I’m “healthy” and the next day my doctor tells me it’s cancer. I had health one day and then it felt like I had lost it in a moment.

Even if that’s how it felt, that isn’t really how it works. Unless someone is involved in an accident with a physical injury, almost all other health issues are the result of things going on inside our bodies for a period of time. Sometimes it’s been a very long progression before hand.

If you and I are genuinely honest with ourselves, we know that we will each lose our health, in some way at some point. We don’t know when or how it will happen but it will happen. And what happens and how it happens will look very different for every person.

So instead of imitating an ostrich, what are you going to do if it happens today? If it helps I am going to share where I was at when I had to tackle this.

Honestly at age 16, most teenagers just really feel like their lives are ahead of them and not much can stop them. I really wasn’t much different. I was living a pretty normal life, worrying about the normal 16 year old things. Then boom, cancer treatment took almost a year of my life. I lost my health significantly for that year and to a lesser degree for a year after that.

Then boom again! At age 26 I heard the nasty C word again. Almost 10 years to the date I started a similar but different journey than 10 years before. This second time had a very significant impact on me. Losing my health once was difficult. Losing it a second time was even more difficult, especially mentally.

However it was the gigantic push I needed. Losing my health in major ways twice was the wake up call I needed. I wasn’t going to sit on my hands and wait for the next circumstance where I was going to lose my health. I needed to do something different. Make changes.

Losing my health proved to me that my health was one of the greatest blessings I had and I would do whatever I could to keep it. Since I made that decision at age 26, it’s been an up and down road to get to the point where I am at now.

But one thing I don’t regret for one second is the time, effort, money and focus I have put on doing all I can to not lose my health. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that I have full control over everything. Nope, I am well aware that I don’t control everything.

Yet, there is so much that I do control. And so do you, friend. We both have the ability to take action today so we work to not lose our health. Or be in a much stronger position when our health takes a dip.

Friend, I will be praying that you take your health to heart, no pun intended, well maybe pun intended. Don’t wait to lose your health to appreciate it and take action to keep the highest level of health you can. You can and should make that choice every day. Don’t wait.

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