Good Health - NOT taken for granted.

While working in the pharmacy this week, I filled a prescription for a 55-years-old patient, who was a diabetic, with high blood pressure and cholesterol, and who was also experiencing depression. I listened as the pharmacist counseled her on her medications, understanding only tid bits of their conversation, based on my humble knowledge of Spanish words & phrases.

My encounter with this patient really made me stop to think, and feel grateful for the good health that I am currently blessed with. I could not imagine how difficult life must be for this patient; having to endure the pains and symptoms that accompany her multiple health concerns, having to make numerous visits to the doctors' offices to ensure that her conditions were stable, and finally, having to take the numerous of pills that she needed to take at every meal, on a daily basis.

I am guilty of taking my health for granted, but I feel that I am, now, MUCH more aware of how much of a blessing great health can be. I am more motivated to live a health lifestyle, and to make more of an effort to take care of myself, and my loved ones. My first attempt of becoming more fit started just the other day, when I ran a total of 3 miles from my apartment on Hermann Dr. to UST, and back! :)