No Bones about It

No Bones About it

Life is so much more than making a buck. There are so many things that are priceless because they are simple yet important. If you get down to the bone you realize what is important or not.

I use to joke around with my elementary students about getting something good for free. When the days were hot all I had was big umbrella but it provided valuable free shade. I had space to give them when they felt crowded. Sometimes just a pat or a smiley face sticker was enough to turn the tide of someone’s bad day. These are things that we may overlook in a busy crazy world. How valuable they are to us when we need them. A sandy quiet beach, a beam if sunshine when it’s been raining, a cheek to cheek hug, etc. Free is good.

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I think that there are things that we have covered over with concrete and plastic that we need to unearth. For example, did you know that dirt is a natural cancer fighter? That’s right. There is an enzyme in simple everyday dirt that we need to stay healthy. Maybe that is why growing up playing outside was so vital. It is free but its benefits are still being discovered.

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Some are afraid of being outside because they may get skin cancer. Well, there are so many health benefits to sunshine and fresh air. We can get healthy all the way into our bones just by soaking up that Vitamin D from the sun. Like anything good we can easily overdo it and get burned. Yet, taking things in moderation and with a healthy pace can give you the results you are looking for. Free

Being with people and taking the time to be face to face to face with others, is another free gem if life. God made man as a relational being. We are made to have fellowship with others. Even a shy person needs a friend and benefits from the interaction. We were not made to be alone and isolated. That is when we start getting off track.

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When we become too sterile and live inside too much I think we miss the natural way that we can be healthy. We need more time in the sun not cooped up. We need not be afraid of getting our hands dirty. We need to be around people more, not less, to stay human. We are afraid of being outside so we become irritable and agitated.

Our cars, cubicles, and houses that seem like comfort are really more like very clean and organized prisons. Instead of being face to face we find other ways to communicate that are really sort of cold and impersonal. We have become too busy in the human race that I fear we aren’t human anymore.

There is no arguing, no bones about it. We work best under the conditions God has designed us for. We have the choice to keep going the way we are going or we can question our direction.

So what are we? What is the cost?