ON Saturday night, I noticed the sink in the kitchen having trouble. The
water took too long to drain out.
I knew what to do. I unscrewed the elbow joint under the sink, took the pipe
out and went outside and cleaned it up.
I saw the hole through one end was so tiny. When I pushed my finger into the
pipe, the hardened grease/stuff coating the pipe crumbled.
So for the next few minutes, I cleaned the pipe, scooping the grease and
stuff out – the things that were blocking the pipe - and washing it out.
When I was done, I refitted the pipe and turned on the tap of the sink and
scrubbed the sink. Water flowed smoothly.
I was then remembered of something – something that we are always reminded
of from time to time. Our blood vessels (arteries and vines) are like the pipes
that carry blood to the organs (stomach, kidneys, eyes, etc) of our bodies.
For those of us who are not physically active, our blood vessels are
clogging up – with fats and stuff.
When the vessels clog up, the heart (the pump) has to work harder to push
the needed blood to all parts of the body – as in the water in the pipe finding
it hard to flow. As a result of that, we get high blood pressure and all sorts
of things related to that.
Please, take care of your body and heart.
Walk, garden, run, jog, play a game, etc from time to time to make it easy
for the pump to do its work. Have a regular exercise routine – every other
afternoon or so.
Go slow on soft drinks and fast foods. Eat healthy foods – fresh fruits and
vegetables and drink water, not soft drinks (or hard stuff). (I am forgoing
soft drinks and Big Rooster for some time after I felt my body telling me so. I
have my routine of exercise too – despite not slimming as fast as I would like
to.)
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