👴👵 Many people today believe that once you grow old, the next stage must be sickness and then passing away. But this is a wrong mindset.
📜 In ancient times, people lived healthy lives into their 100s and even 200s. There were no big hospitals or heavy medications — instead, food and drink were natural, shared between humans, animals, and even insects.
⚠️ The shift came when humans became selfish, using chemicals to keep food only for themselves, harming nature in the process.
💊 Today, medicine has advanced greatly — yet diseases also seem to have multiplied. Some argue these sicknesses always existed but were hidden. Still, it feels like medical advancement and sickness now grow side by side, reducing life expectancy and making many elderly people lose hope.
👂 Our elders say: “The throat doesn’t see saliva as food until it suffers a boil.”
Youthful days are not a license to live carelessly. The price of reckless living is often paid in old age with sickness.
🙏 Please note: natural causes and genetics do play their role. But my message is this 👉 Old age should not equal sickness.
💪 Plan the kind of old man or woman you want to be.
- 🥗 Eat healthy
- 🏃♂️ Exercise regularly
- 😴 Get enough sleep
- 🤝 Build good relationships
🌾 Old age is harvest season of a person’s life. You can be 80, 90, or even 100 and still be strong and fulfilled. Many great achievers found success after 60!
📖 Joel 2:28 reminds us: “I will pour out my spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.”
❤️ To those who are sick, may God’s Spirit work through your treatment to bring healing.
❤️ To those who have strayed, may you find your way back.
❤️ To all, may you live a long, healthy, and purposeful life.
Stay graced 🙏
Your friend and brother,
Maazi Onuora Obodoechi
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