Mystery Prompt 17: Health and Wellness

 Write about your health and fitness goals. How do they reflect your beliefs about well-being?

Health and wellness is fundamental for everything else I want to do. Your body sets a lot of baseline limitations. You’re not going to be a champion rugby star with arthritic knees and a bad back. Ok, that’s an extreme example, but those conditions will lock you out of a lot of common jobs too.

Your body is your only way of being and doing in this world. Even if you believe in a separate spiritual component (as I do), you can’t escape the necessity of a functioning body to navigate your day-to-day.

I have bad knees and a bad back, as a matter of fact, to a disabling degree. In the last few years, I have had cataract surgery on both eyes, gastric bypass surgery, and a knee replacement surgery. I am trying to claw my way back up to some capacity for a greater range of work. It has become a central theme for me.

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