Chapter Five: You Deserve the Absolute Best There are scores and scores of books, articles, and manuscripts written on virtually every aspect of the human body and the mind. There is a seemingly endless flow of DVDs on exercise and flexibility. There is always a new exercise gizmo on, yet another, infomercial that promises to rid you of your particular problem area quickly, easily, and with little effort, and all for just $14.95 to try, RISK FREE, for sixty days, without obligation. They are so sure that you will want to keep their fantastic, time saving wonder machine, that after the sixty days, your card will be charged three, easy payments, so you can continue to enjoy the remarkable benefits. The fact is that diets don’t work, energy drinks are temporary and damaging, and beauty and attitude come from the inside out, and are not things that you slap on to cover up your imperfections. The question is, if diets and exercise work, then why are the vast majority of us so unbelievably unhealthy and tired? If beauty and aging products really did what they say they will do, then why are so many people yearning to look and feel better? Life is much simpler than we have been led to believe The simple answer is that we are approaching life’s challenges in the wrong ways. We have, for centuries, been approaching the problem with a Western attitude of “fix it after it’s broken” instead of preventing it in the first place, and dealing with the real issue of why it is the way that it is. Life is much simpler than we have been led to believe. 33
