Living Longer

Living longer

I would like to make a challenge to everyone who works or lives in Maryland. I challenge each and every person to get some control in their life and exercise. How many of you say there is not enough hours in the day? How many hours a day do you spend doing video games or playing on the computer? You have to make the time to exercise. Yes, pushing away from the table is a kind of upper body exercise but I had in mind something like walking.

Walking? Try walking slowly. No, you need not do twenty miles. Try a block or a half a block. Gradually build up the number of blocks or miles you do. If you need to walk in the street, make sure the gas guzzlers can see you. Wear something very bright if walking in the early morning or evening hours. Nothing tends to ruin a walk, like getting run over by a car!

Yes, walking is something people did before they were cars or horses. Walking is not that hard unless the only walking you do is to go to the snack machine and load up on empty calories. Most people can walk. People who deliver the mail have been known to walk. Ducks walk. So why can't you? If you're not sure about walking, speak with your doctor. Your doctor might just say that walking could lower your blood pressure, reduce the size of the spare tire forming around your middle, just make you feel better! Exercising just might make you live longer, too.


However, living longer has its drawbacks or advantages. Your friends who did not exercise are dead. You can continue to collect social security. You can write letters to the editors of local newspapers and complain about the insane abuse of government spending and general government stupidity. You can see your grandchildren grow up and hopefully not turn out like your children. You can tell people what you really think. And the IRS will thank you for living longer by collecting their share of your tax dollars.
I don't want to be facing my maker and say, "Gee, I wish I had exercised more!"

I exercise because I am, mmm, not as thin as I was when I was younger. I also exercise because my wife wants me to live as along as possible and I love my wife.

Too many people put off things which are uncomfortable. Exercise and having root canals are two things. One will hear: 'I'll do it tomorrow!"

There are three things we can do when we die.


We can look up old friends.
We can sleep a lot.
And we can exercise.

"Exercise now, live longer, die later!"