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Mark B Vodell, Principal
Yes, here it is! This is the plaque attached to the side of the well in Myanmar.
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IT'S WORTH A THOUGHT Last year the US News and World Report ran an article entitled 10 Health Habits That Will Help You Live to 100* The writer of the article, Deborah Kotz, listed the 10 Health habits as follows: 1. Don't retire 2. Floss every day 3. Move around 4. Eat a fibre-rich cereal for breakfast 5. Get at least six hours of shut-eye. 6. Consume whole foods 7. Be less neurotic 8. Live like a Seventh-day Adventist 9. Be a creature of habit 10. Stay connected with friends and family Number 8 is an interesting one - what did she mean when she said ‘live like a Seventh-day Adventist'? Kotz goes on to explain that one of the basic tenets of the religion is that it's important to cherish the body that's on loan from God, which means no smoking, alcohol abuse, or overindulging in sweets. Followers typically stick to a vegetarian diet based on fruits, vegetables, beans, and nuts, and get plenty of exercise. They're also very focused on family and community. It's true. Over 100 years ago the Seventh-day Adventist church in Australia established Sanitarium Health Foods (makers of Weet-Bix, Skippy Corn Flakes, Marmite, So Good, etc.) to provide good food for the community. The church has also established almost 7500 schools and more than 100 universities around the world to provide quality Christian education. The church also operates 168 hospitals and 433 clinics to help those in the community that get sick. However you might know the old proverb: ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure' which can be translated a number of ways. In modern terms we could say 28.3 grams of ‘prevention' is equal to 0.45 kilograms of ‘cure'. Or perhaps a better way to translate that old proverb would be: it's better to use our schools, learn about good health practices and then avoid the need to use anyone's hospital. And maybe you could live to 100 - I hope you do. It's all worth a thought Mark B Vodéll * http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/baby-boomer-health/2009/02/20/10-health-habits-that-will-help-you-live-to-100.html
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