October 12, 2009

God don't make no junk!

Remember that poster of the little boy making that statement?

He says "I know I'm some body, because God don't make no junk!"

Let's expand this statement a bit and see if it fits anywhere else.....

  • Oil is bad
  • Food is bad. Eating too much or too little is bad.
  • Walking on the grass is bad
  • Smoking grass is really bad
  • All drugs are bad
  • Mass transit is bad
  • Cars are bad
  • Trucks are bad
  • Trains are bad
  • SUVs are bad
  • Carbon Dioxide is bad
  • The air is bad
  • Dogs are bad
  • Cats are bad (in this case, I agree! I hate my cat!)
  • Coal is bad
  • Wind generators are bad
  • All animals are bad
  • People need to be controlled because they are bad
  • Sugar is bad
  • Salt is bad
  • Starch in your underwear is bad (I agree)
  • Corn is bad
  • Alcohol is bad
  • Soda is bad
  • Chlorine is bad
  • Asbestos is bad
  • Artificial sweeteners are bad
  • Independence is bad
  • Slavery is bad
So, what's good?
Well, if we listen to the little boy, God don't make no junk.
So, who made all this stuff bad?
We did!
If you start listening at what the powers that be tell you is bad, you will go crazy.
You need to open your eyes, and ears, and listen to your heart.
Turn off the TV.
Stop reading the newspaper.
Stop listening to the new miracle cure advertisement on the radio. It just ain't so.
The online computer can give you both sides of the story. It does throw lots of junk at you, but it also teaches you how to filter out the junk and see that...

God don't make no junk!

Man does.

When my wife was 19, she found a lump in her neck and got a sore throat. They diagnosed her with Hodgkin's disease (lymph node cancer, type IIa) which was and still is fairly curable. They gave her radiation treatment, and did exploratory surgery. They removed her spleen, and the bad lymph nodes, then sent her on her way.
At that time, a 5 year survival rate was the norm.
She is 56 now.
She now has another problem with another type of cancer. When she was 19, her chance of surviving Breast cancer was far less than it is now. They are now saying that she has a 95% chance of full recovery, even with all her previous problems.
They have learned from their work over the years, and improved where they could. I think they can go much further, and they do too, but all in all, my wife is here because of what they learned. Radiation therapy is bad? Chemotherapy is bad?
If they didn't do the surgery and therapy back then, she would never have had two great kids, 5 grand kids, and me. She would not have gotten her degree in marketing, or bought her own house. She would not have moved back into the home she grew up in. We would not be here today.

God don't make no junk.

If you listen to the morons tell you that they know of someone who had the Bariatric surgery, and gained all the weight back, then you will gain it back too.
If you try to find ways to cheat on your diet, or your exercise program, and never try to adapt to the new you, you will gain the weight back again.
God gave you a brain to think with, and...

God don't make no junk!

It's a good thing to educate yourself so you know why they tell you something. They continue to learn, and so should you. It's not a good thing if you are looking for an easy way to cheat yourself. You aren't cheating them. They won't get fat because of you. You will get fat because of you.
But, God gave you a brain to think with, and...

God don't make no junk!

If coal was so bad, why is there enough of it to fuel our electrical plants for the next 300 years? We just need to know how to use it, that's all. And, we will learn how to use it.
The same goes for oil. We already have improved our vehicle fuel mileage since I was a kid. We used our brains to learn how to do it better.

God don't make no junk!

Our bodies are housing our souls. We can't abuse them without expecting to pay for it down the road.
Do you really know what's good for you and what isn't?
We can't do anything about the way our bodies were made. We all have problems we can't fix. We can fix do some of it. We have a brain to think with. We can learn and change, and...

God don't make no junk!

Get over it.

1 comment:

Larraine said...

What a great attitude! You are absolutely right. Yes, I've heard the stories of people who have gained weight back after surgery. I think it's important to know that can happen. This has to be a lifestyle change. Now that my knees are pretty much normal, I can do the things I need to do to get truly fit and feel better. During my vacation week, I walked and walked including hilly areas. It was exhilarating to be able to do that after all these years. However if I had not had bariatric surgery first, even if I had the knee surgery, I know I wouldn't be where I am now. I'm now at 104lbs lost. This week I have an appointment with my knee surgeon in Baltimore. After the appointment we're going downtown and walk around Fells Point, something I haven't done in years. I'm really excited at the prospect. We're planning all kinds of day trips and activities. I couldn't have done this stuff 100lbs ago. I refuse to go back.