Outlive The Bitches?

You've surely heard the story of the 98-year old lady who, when asked by her preacher what her secret was for not needing to forgive her enemies, remarked that she had outlived the bitches.

There was a Time magazine article earlier this year that presented Worry and Stress from risk based upon number of fatalities. The bottom line was that we shouldn't worry about dying in a car wreck, where only 40,000 of us die yearly in this country, but we should indeed worry about cardiovascular disease and cancer, where 1.2 million a year of us die (30 times more). And we can minimize this risk with a healthy diet and daily exercise.

We've all know for years that being fat and out of shape increases risk for heart attacks and strokes, but this week a superstudy (a study of 7,000 cancer studies) stated that there is direct correlation between overweight and cancer... you lower the risk of cancer 20% by reducing your weight by just 10 pounds! Wow!

My old buddy Mike divorced a few years ago. They have a life insurance policy that would pay off to the surviving ex-spouse. He is trying his darnest to live a clean and fit life so that his ex-spouse can't profit from his death.

Even though I'm all about quality of life as compared to quantity, these two do correlate, like it or not.

I may end up doing like that little old lady, and my friend Mike, only because I do plan on continuing to get more fit, eat a better diet, do consistent daily exercise, continue support groups, read more comedy, and give up stressful people. Thus I might end up outliving the bitches and aholes as a side effect.

Might even remember who they were.

If I do, I will dance on their graves.

- © 2007 by Willy
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