Our health has not caught up with our life span it seems. I was in line to pay my bill at a restaurant this morning when the customer in front of me asked about the cashier’s mother. “Oh, the holidays? Hell, mom doesn’t even know they are here, she has dementia you know.” The customer replied. “There comes a time when most of us don’t even know what day it is anymore.” What!? I am supposed to stop drinking and smoking so I can sit in some nursing home not knowing who I am or what day it is? What is the incentive to lead a “healthy” life
2006-11-28 03:14:52 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The incentive to live a healthy life is to maintain a balance so that the life you are living NOW...is the very best quality possible!
Live a little for today and a little for tomorrow. But most importantly... LIVE IN THE MOMENT! Enjoy your life now, do not look to the future for your happiness.
If you must smoke and drink... then balance with healthy eating, exercise every day ...and take lots of antioxidants, especially vitamin c if you are a smoker.
Live with no regrets. There is no point ending up in a nursing home wishing you had done more....DO IT NOW.. with no guilt.
Be happy.... smoke, drink and most of all... LAUGH and LOVE!
2006-11-28 03:31:30 · answer #1 · answered by blondie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why stop smoking? Because it doesn't actually add anything to your life, it's just feeding an addiction and there's no "net gain". With most drugs the negative outweighs the positive in the end, overall.
Why stop drinking? Well, balance is a key part of living a good life, if you're not capable of drinking "responsibly" then maybe you shouldn't drink. If you're capable of enjoying alcohol responsibly and it doesn't cause problems for you, then you shouldn't stop, it's probably good for you.
As to your mom, ask her how she's doing, is she happy sometimes?
If I didn't have work or school, then I probably would often not know what day it is, but that would not mean, by any means, that I didn't have important things left to do in my life.
If I reach the state where I'm of completely no use to anyone, and none of my family members want to keep me around anymore (including myself), then I think I would want to do something like this: decide that it's time for ending my life and set a date for it to happen a few months later, then so long as I don't change my mind before that time, then go ahead and die then.
What is the point of living today? Well, I think that in some form or another, the Universe will exist eternally. All throughout our lives, the effects of every action we take, no matter how small, move out like a ripple in a pond, to the very edges of the Universe, forever eternally changes EVERYTHING. Our "life" is a momentary, bright, focused point of consciousness, while we are alive we shine that light on all around us, then when we die, the process of us becoming one with everything around us is completed. Our effect can never be undone, it can never be as if we had not existed, we are eternal, whether or not there is a Heaven and Hell and God. (I believe there is not God, and that the idea of God is absurd.)
Why lead a "healthy" life? Because you can't really seperate physical and mental health, yes you can be sick and happy at the same time, or sad and healthy at the same time, but, the two are connected and effect each other.
2006-11-28 03:46:42 · answer #2 · answered by critofur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all of the elderly suffer from dementia or alzheimers. You don't have much control over what happens to your mind. You might as well take good care of your body because it would suck to have your organs fall apart. At least if you fall apart mentally you may not be aware of it. If you fall apart physically, you feel it. I know what you mean though, I'm not looking forward to getting old. Someone asked me if I'd want to live to be 100 yrs & I said hell no! I'm vain! I don't want to lose my looks! Tee hee...Of course I don't drink or smoke or do drugs or overeat so I'll probably live forever. Oh great! On the up side I'm always mistaken for at least a decade less than my age. So I suppose at 100 I'll look like a spry 90 yr old! ha ha
2006-11-28 05:43:53 · answer #3 · answered by amp 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
What a bummer... life sucks. Yesterday was like today, today is like tomorrow and tomorrow is like today. Nothing good ever happens to me. I'm unlucky, ah man is she/he lucky!
I would like to have a person to person talk with you... I can't say all that I would want to say here. But I'll try and say something meaning full.
>>>What is the incentive to lead a “healthy” life.<<<
There are so many reasons to live a healthy life style, I can't name them all. But you have some answers that are positive. Disregard the 'little children's' answers, they have yet to know anything about life.
To live longer not all not even most persons get Alzheimer's Disease. What? One out of 23,000 and even then not all lose everything.
Suppose you find your Soul Mate tomorrow don't you want to live longer to enjoy the happiness you will have.
Someday you will have children don't you want to be in good health to watch them grow into fine adults.
Just living long enough to find love is reason enough to lead a healthy life style.
This is not going to work for me as I can not understand why anyone needs to ask "why" should I lead a healthy life.
And before you get bent out of shape with this answer (it isn't) I'm 68 yrs old. And in the last few years I have lost the two women I loved most in life.
That does not mean I should call it quits because I MIGHT suffer from dementia later in life.
I just want there to be a 'later in life' for me.
Think of the glass as being half full. (old but true)
Good luck in life my friend its as good as you want to make it.
But I'll be damned if I will give up. I eat good, exercise five days a week. Can run a mile (yea, that's right Run!) in less then 10 minutes. And I have yet to push myself to see what my best time would be. You go out and run a mile in under 10 minutes. And if you can't maybe you should make a lifestyle change.
Don't let an old man pass you bye...
Frank C
2006-11-28 05:43:53 · answer #4 · answered by Frank C 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with the one answer, it quality of life not quantity. My dad's second wife's mother is about 99 now and in a care facility and she is still sharp just frail and can't do much for herself. There are other people there in the same situation. One woman just turned 104. What's the point if you can't get up and out by yourself? Even though I'm glad my dad, at 76 is still healthy. If we're going to extend life let's not work on the length of time now but the quality of the lives we have have learned to extend.
2006-11-28 03:33:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The incentive to lead a healthy life is to continue making a positive contribution to humanity, to procreate, to satisfy the curiosity for what's around the next bend, to discover your next true love, to encounter the truths that eluded you when you were young and realize how valuable they are. For some of us, the last years of our lives will be tragic, painful and a burden beyond our comprehension, but the quest is to see what we can do before that happens is irresistible.
2006-11-28 03:16:49 · answer #6 · answered by Reo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-29 21:28:32 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are so very right. My 97-year-old grendmother has dementia and my 92-year-old father was a brilliant doctor who is now in the last stages of Alzheimers. It's pathetic. So to me it's all about the quality of life, not the quantity. I'd rather live ten illness-free, healthy years and then drop dead instead of growing old and having my body and mind abandon me.
2006-11-28 03:18:04 · answer #8 · answered by Demon Doll 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I see your point. most answers we see and hear are the reality of those living in them, yet, it has also become a picture of sort when choice of the onlooker is mad for their generation. and to know the difference between the end of one and the beginning of another would be wise. there has been only so much time given to the generations to choose healthy according to their knowledge at the time. when our life in the flesh and organs are fading and hope in doctors mercy fades too, then let us walk the remaining way just as we are.
2006-11-28 03:22:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not all people get that you know, just stay positive and lead a healthy life for those you love.
just so you know, my grandfather is 80+ and he still does portraits of people!
fine according to the thumbs down i got it seems you already made up your mind haven't you?, well then give me a call when you turn 70 or 80 and i will be more than happy to throw you off a cliff, ok?
2006-11-28 03:17:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋