How do you practice self-care?
It’s ’use it or you’ll lose it‘
When you get to seventy two
Staying fit and active
Is what I try to do.
There’s little doubt I’m slower
But no way I’ll give in
It’s hard work plus rest
That gives results
So that’s what I’ll still do.
Exercise breaks down tissue
It builds back while you rest
Our bodies adapt to what we ask
So you have to keep pushing – do!
If you think all that’s left
Is to sit on the couch
And count down the days
Till you die.
You body adapts
And as you might guess
It’s life on the sofa for you.
Andrew Green's Poems 