Chapter16--Life's really unpredictable

Just came across this news article today about a 35 year old man who is going to be a prospective master graduate but who died of sudden liver cancer even though he didn't smoke or drinks when he was still alive and lived a reasonably healthy life. Such tragic news about someone dying young always capture my attention because they always serve to remind me that life can be fragile and highly unpredictable. In particular, this article scores "bonus point" within my heart because it got something to do with one of my favourite or maybe I should say one of my most concerned organ of our body which is the liver. Almost all of my close friends should have know by now that I treat the liver with high regard and respect because it is the most important organ in our body in terms of regulating metabolic activities. Come to think of it, ANYTHING that you ingest orally would have to bypass the liver at some point or the other and any kinds of liver damage would almost certainly leads to death if a liver transplant is not carry out in times( think Andrea De Cruz and the slim 10 saga). Therefore, it is certainly not unreasonable or better still, imperative for us to take good care of this organ who have been neglected by most of us for a long time. Perhaps some of my friends have found my constant nagging of them to sleep between 11pm-1am at night( because that is the crucial window where the liver rest daily) if possible tiring but I certainly hoped that they do not regret their decision sleeping late at night in the future should they have any health problems( touch wood). I myself have witness some of my night owl friends feeling restless and lethargic almost daily and attributing their tiredness to all the short hours of rest they got every night without once thinking that it could also be a signal that the liver is screaming for more rest time. You see, as mentioned, the liver is in charge of the fuel level in our body and ensuring that a constant and stable amount of fuels is available to each and every cells in out body. A liver that is tired or sick is just like us being unable to concentrate and this can leads from mild problems like not being able to effectively manage the fuel level in our blood to more serious problems like the shutting down of some metabolic reactions inside our body that could really leads to serious complications. All these reasons is why I myself always maintain a strict sleeping pattern during school term and if possible during the holidays and I am proud to say that I hardly feel tired during the day times. Try doing what I doing for even a week and I can guarantee you that you will definitely feel differently!
The second so-called topics that stirred my heart is the totally unpredictable rythum of life which although I have always been aware of sub-consciously, never really haunted me. Reading about news on people in their prime years dying can get really depressing at times particularly if these people have no major ailments or illness during their lifetime and/or were leading a healthy and fit lifestyles. I mean come on, if these things can just happened to any perfectly alright individuals, it can certainly also have a chance to strive us and the worse and most terrible thing is it always do so when we are least expecting it. Now, I seem to have a more in-depth inderstanding of this phrase that I come across--"the thing that you should be grateful of every morning is your alarm clock because it shows that you are alive". In addition, such reports always cause a mini protest within myself for Iwill have the tendency to ponder again why I should try to lead a healthy lifestyle since even a fit lifestyle seems to be so vulnerable to death as well. I mean, why should we spend so much time and effort trying to exercise and eating a proper diet if death could just strive anytime? It seems so meaningless all of a sudden that all that pumping of irons in the gym and consuming of the recommended 6 servings of fruits and vegetables are not going to help us in delaying death. Nevertheless, after this wave of irrational and more of a emotional venting of frustration, I glad that the rational and pragmatic side eventually came to my head. Yes, although it is true that we are not able to avert these sudden death, it is nonetheless true and scientically proven that maintaining a healthy lifestyle CAN help us in preventing deaths caused by chronic diseases and these should be the things that we are supposed to be concerned about because we have the power to control it. As such, although fate is in the hand of god, the type of lifestyle that we want is in the hands of ours and only we ourselves as an individual can make the effort and decision for the path that we chosen to take and not to regret it later. In fact, these articles only serve to motivate me more because it reminds me that we should never take life or should I put it more appropiately, anything for granted and that we should and must treasure our health for it is our personal responsibility to take good care of it.

I wish everyone good health in their entire life!


Yours sincerely,
Yongster