Health Trek Day 42

I watched a documentary today narrated by Judi Dench. It was about the Kindertransport in postwar Britain where 10,000 refugee and Jewish children were rescued from Germany and sent to live in England. What these families must have felt when they had to send their kids off to an unknown fate. Some of the kids were accepted and loved, but many were put into service as maids and work laborers. They interviewed several of the survivors and I found myself watching in tears as it hit home how lucky we are in this country to have been spared the horrors and devastation of war that was experienced during the Nazi regime. I thought of how I have been complaining about not being able to lose weight BECAUSE I HAVE TOO MUCH TO EAT! So many people in this world struggle to provide food for their loved ones and we in America have this huge obesity problem. Because we have too much! I am not suggesting we should all go off and join the peace corps and live in dire poverty as was promoted in the sixties. But we should at least ponder about our good fortune. We have brought suffering upon ourselves because of our own gluttony and lack of self control. It makes one wonder what would happen if war made it's way to our doorstep. Would we be able to make strong decisions that would save our children or would we be weak and take the easy way out as we do every day as we make bad choices in our eating habits and our lifestyles of watching too much TV and running up too many credit cards and needing too many electronic devices. It makes me feel very humble to see how others have made such sacrifices to survive while we complain if our car breaks down or the dryer doesn't work or we have to work too many hours.
I think I will start being Thankful for what I have and try to make better choices in my quest for a healthy life. I intend to Seize the Day and
ROCK ON!

Night Shadows
Shadows of the past haunt me at night
Memories long entombed fill my dreams with fright
Daylight keeps me in control, intelligent and bright
But my ruse will never fool the shadows of the night
Memories engraved in subconscious plains
Forever spew forth my childhood remains
In sunshine my grown up image sustains
but night issues screams of the child's repressed pains
As the moon slowly climbs to its peak
Lord how I pray for the solace I seek
I descend to my bed all trembling and meek
Dreading the havoc Night Shadows will reek...
JPH
4/30/87

Plan for tomorrow:
Breakfast: 1 egg, toast and tea
Snack: apple
Lunch: Spinach and Shrimp salad at Applebee's
Dinner: stirfry and rice
Snack: celery

Exercise: Walking and shopping, evening Yoga.