Sunday, March 11, 2012

The Pleasure Principle

While `everything that feels good is bad for you and everything that feels bad is good' is the harsh, true law of nature, `your well-being is in your hands' is also a law of nature, which dictates certain basic rules to be followed as daily routine to maintain health:

■ Getting up early in morning, and going for a walk,
■ Eating three full-meals of balanced, healthy food including thoroughly cleaned fruits and vegetables; consuming non-healthy food-items only in moderation; and churning food into semi-liquid within the mouth,
■ Keeping body-posture straight during work and leisure,
■ Keeping away from gossip and criticism of others to keep mind fresh and healthy, may be by engaging in a healthy activity (at the age of 71, I bring out an optometric journal, participate in conferences, attend to contact lens practice, am active on facebook, and write eye-care blogs),
■ Believing in singer Rageshwari's philosophy: "You can easily find your way out of bad situations if you approach them with a positive attitude, hope and faith", and
■ Going to bed early to enjoy adequate sound sleep.

Dr. Narendra Kumar

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