November 2, 2006 | 3 comments
In thinking through the true nature of health yesterday, I realized there’s no such thing as bad health. Believing in bad health is like believing in bad honesty, or bad love, or bad compassion. “Bad health” is a contradiction of
November 1, 2006 | 2 comments
Have you ever noticed ads by pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, or health-focused foundations that predict odds of people catching a particular disease? They read something like: “1 in 7 people will get [fill in the illness] by age 65.” These ads
October 29, 2006 | 6 comments
I momentarily marveled this morning at our son’s ability to stop eating when he’s had enough food. He’s always been able to say no to over eating. He can have a whole plate of food before him, take a few
October 20, 2006 | 1 comment
One day before last Christmas I was wrapping some presents for the family in my wife’s sewing room. I heard intruding footsteps coming down the hallway, so in desperation to protect the anonymity of my yet unwrapped gifts I threw
October 19, 2006 | 3 comments
Have you ever done it? Open a bag of potato chips while reading a book and chomp your way through the whole package until the last chip is gone? Oops…Maybe a few chips too many?? In the comment section of