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Counsels on Health
Inaction and Weakness
Those who do not use their limbs every day will realize a weakness
when they do attempt to exercise. The veins and muscles are not in a
condition to perform their work and keep all the living machinery in
healthful action, each organ in the system doing its part. The limbs will
strengthen with use. Moderate exercise every day will impart strength
to the muscles, which without exercise become flabby and enfeebled.
By active exercise in the open air every day, the liver, kidneys, and
lungs also will be strengthened to perform their work. Bring to your
aid the power of the will, which will resist cold and will give energy
to the nervous system. In a short time you will so realize the benefit of
exercise and pure air that you would not live without these blessings.
Your lungs, deprived of air, will be like a hungry person deprived of
food. Indeed, we can live longer without food than without air, which
is the food that God has provided for the lungs. Therefore do not
regard it as an enemy, but as a precious blessing from God.
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