| Must Your Goal Centre Only On Having Enough | | | | or bad. |
| Money To Maintain Your Lifestyle After | | | | A wise man once said we should eat to live and |
| Retirement? | | | | not live to eat. Eating to live means just taking |
| When most people think of retirement, they are | | | | enough of the right diet to keep you going. And |
| essentially thinking of having enough money to | | | | living to eat is to be stuffing your stomach with |
| maintain their lifestyle after signing off from their | | | | food, any food, whether you're hungry or not. |
| regular work. While this is important, it is definitely | | | | In other words, eating just about anything, |
| not the only thing that anyone planning for a | | | | irrespective of what impact it could have on your |
| peaceful and glorious retirement should be | | | | body, is not only foolhardy, it's extremely |
| focusing on. | | | | dangerous to your health. |
| There are a lot of other things that you should be | | | | The problem majority of people have is lack of |
| thinking about that will ensure that you enjoy | | | | adequate knowledge on this matter. That |
| every single day of your life after retirement | | | | condition perfectly underlines the importance of |
| ever before your family requires the services of | | | | what the Word of GOD said in Hosea 4:6 where |
| a funeral undertaker. | | | | He said "My people are destroyed for lack of |
| Being in superb health is one of them. And I want | | | | knowledge...." Until very recently, I wouldn't have |
| us to take a closer look at this important subject | | | | known that I had been taking poison without |
| in this piece. | | | | knowing it. And you're probably still taking it gladly |
| Just like retirement itself, which many don't | | | | yourself. "Poison?" I can see the vehement |
| consider as requiring attention until it suddenly | | | | objection to my claim on your face. "No, I've |
| dawns on them that they could no longer continue | | | | never taken poison. Why would I? Am I crazy?" |
| to work even if they wanted to, most people | | | | But let me ask you, have you ever added salt to |
| look at poor health as something you've to deal | | | | your food, eat white flour bread and all the other |
| with when it becomes poor. | | | | stuff made with white flour and, maybe, sweeten |
| It never occur to most people that forming a | | | | them with refined sugar? You have? Oh well, |
| healthy habit from even when you're young, could | | | | you've been taking poison without knowing it. Are |
| guarantee a longer life, devoid of pains and | | | | you kidding me? You ask. No, I kid you not. |
| heartache that sicknesses and diseases bring upon | | | | Until I read a Brian Tracy's article titled "Eat for |
| a body that is afflicted by them. | | | | Health and High Energy" recently, I would never |
| I should know. My own experience is a case | | | | have classified these three potential killers that we |
| study. I'll be 60 at my next birthday. Looking back | | | | take as food as veritable poisons. Hear Tracy: "To |
| at my state of health today, I sometimes wish I | | | | be really healthy, and live a long happy life, you |
| could turn the hands of the clock backwards and | | | | need to eliminate what I call the three white |
| change a few things about the way I had handled | | | | poisons as well. These three white poisons are |
| some aspects of my health. Of course, that wish | | | | salt, sugar and white flour products. Each of them |
| is like a beggar's desire to ride a horse. | | | | is bad for you and none of them is necessary for |
| There are some things that cannot be reversed. | | | | optimal health." |
| You can never compare a car that was put back | | | | My jaw dropped when I read that paragraph in |
| in shape after an accident with a car that never | | | | the article. I'd known all along that those three |
| got bashed slightly even once, the fact that the | | | | items should never be consumed in large |
| two cars were bought the same day | | | | quantities. But no one ever went as far as calling |
| notwithstanding. | | | | them poisons before now. That word poison really |
| All I can do about my health today is to adhere | | | | got my attention. And it changed my attitude |
| strictly to what will promote my well-being. I | | | | towards these items forever. You are probably |
| cannot afford the luxury of taking chances with | | | | wondering what maintaining good health has got |
| any aspect of my health now. I don't need | | | | to do with retiring peacefully and living gloriously |
| anyone to tell me that. I drum it into my head | | | | afterward. Quite a lot, friend. Let's start from |
| myself. | | | | what happens to you if your health breaks down. |
| I could never forget what the late nationalist and | | | | Depending on your state of finances when it |
| one of Nigeria's most respected founding fathers | | | | happens, loss of good health automatically knocks |
| and hero, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (the great Zik) said | | | | you out of the race of living normally. Your main |
| when he was closing in on 90 or thereabout. He | | | | focus, from the moment your health fails, is how |
| was quoted as saying life was sweet. I want to | | | | to get well. |
| keep on enjoying this sweet life myself till that | | | | That means all your resources, and the resources |
| ripe old age. So, I've been compelled to polish my | | | | of those who care about you, will be diverted to |
| act. | | | | getting you back on your feet. If you are not |
| Now, what about you, my reader? How are you | | | | well-to-do when this happens, your fate will be in |
| handling your health issue? Whatever your answer | | | | the hands of other people who have the means |
| is, know this one thing for sure: you are better | | | | to look after you and are disposed to doing so. |
| off paying close attention to your health right now | | | | Otherwise, it'll be good night, sooner than later. |
| when trouble has not surfaced than to be sorry | | | | Unfortunately, even if you have the means, your |
| later when it will become an issue. And if you'll | | | | money will not be enough to insulate you from |
| permit me to tell you the truth, it almost always | | | | the excruciating pains that some diseases bring |
| does! | | | | upon your body. Worst still, you could exhaust all |
| If I've gotten your attention with that statement, | | | | your money and still die in the end. |
| then what should you be doing about maintaining | | | | Just imagine for a moment. Is that the sort of |
| your good health, assuming it's great right now? | | | | experience you'd like to have in your retirement, |
| The first thing I'll point out to you is that you | | | | transiting from one hospital to another and from |
| should watch what you eat. It has been | | | | one specialist doctor to another, having hospital |
| discovered that most of our health problems arise | | | | attendants poking their hands through all parts of |
| from poor eating habit. Most of us treat our | | | | your body? |
| stomach like a garbage can. Anything goes, good | | | | |