Most people know that they should maintain good health, because it will help you live longer, avoid doctors and be in good physical health, but there is more to the picture.
Life is a wonderful thing that should not be taken for granted. Maintaining one's health I believe allows a person to soak in as much of life as possible.
Life is not just a number of years, but a number of experiences. Staying in shape and working towards an active lifestyle is an easy way, not just to live longer, but gives more time to experience the wonders of the world.
Health is major ingredient when it comes to a person's ability to be apart of the world they live in. Health is also the reason my grandparents traveling dreams have almost come to an end.
I would be lying if I said I was not jealous of my grandparents and all they have gotten to see in their years of life, but it pains me to see their exuberant traveling lifestyle come to close because of their poor health.
I want to build a time machine to go back in time and tell them that they should go to the gym, start eating healthier and number the amount of drinks they consume, because these habits will lead to their demise.
I know I cannot change the past, and what is done is done, but I know how much they love traveling around the world and around the country to see their family and friends.
Over the past couple of years, their health has stopped them from experiencing everything they wanted to experience. Is it fair? I want to say no, but after seeing how they have lived, I believe this is something they did to themselves. It hurts.
It hurts to know there is a ticking time bomb in my Grandpa and it hurts to think about what my Grandma will do when he is gone. It hurts to think about everything they could have done to maintain a healthier lifestyle so that one day they would see my kids running on the wood flooring of their house.
That is now only a dream, never to become reality.
Life is a gift, one that should be cherished and loved. Have my grandparents lived an amazing life? Yes. Do I wish they would be here longer? Yes. Do I think they tried to get rid of certain habits and addictions that would keep them from being here longer? No.
I love them. I will miss them. I will cherish every moment with them.
Because those moments are limited.
