Good reminder indeed.It can carry a lot of risk. Last night I was at a funeral for a friend. He was a collegiate athlete in his youth and he was 61. He retained his fitness but had developed a beer belly despite lifting and hiking and mountain climbing avidly. He had a full head of hair, was a multimillionaire and was a great friend to everyone who knew him. The stories told were about his Chad days of youth when women were drawn to him like flies.
How did he die? Vanity. Rather than do the work and apply the discipline to get the beer belly off, rather than abstain from rich foods and wine, he got his stomach stapled.
The day after surgery he went & lifted heavy, which was against doctors orders, and he died at home later, presumably from sepsis after breaking his staples lifting & then not realizing the seriousness of his condition.
Why did he get his stomach stapled? To appeal to women, since at 61 his looks were not as attractive as they once had been.
Cautionary tale. There was is a reason vanity is one of the 7 deadly sins boys. Very sad.
that is a good cautionary tale. Vanity to the extreme can lead you to a bad place I think more Americans suffer from self neglect than vanity though. Look around, right? A lot of people would benefit by caring a little more, wouldn’t they?
absolutely, put in the work, live a healthy lifestyle. No shortcuts.
I just think at a certain point, get the low hanging fruit done. Take away the wrinkles in five minutes (literally) at the drs office and straighten out crooked teeth in just a few months with invisible braces.