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- Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
- Date: Monday, 21 Dec 1992 22:29:33 CST
- From: <U28022@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Message-ID: <92356.222933U28022@uicvm.uic.edu>
- Newsgroups: misc.fitness,alt.self-improve
- Subject: Re: Why?
- References: <1992Dec17.132820.5755@linus.mitre.org>
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- In article <1992Dec17.132820.5755@linus.mitre.org>, m23364@mwunix (James Meritt)
- says:
- >
- >Given that you are reading this group, you presumably have at least a slight
- >interest in improving yourself. Why?
-
- o I want to be one of the few Indians I know who eat all the ethnic
- food and DON'T die of a heart attack caused by clogged arteries.
-
- o I want to play horsey and catch with my great-grandchildren.
-
- o I want to prove to the few that just because I'm short (5'4")
- doesn't mean I'm "physically deprived."
-
- o I want to be able to carry my wife to bed fifty years from now,
- without breaking my back.
-
- o I want to feel refreshed every time I wake up, and every time
- I complete a workout, and fall asleep easily every night.
-
- o I want to have as much control over my body as is physically
- possible.
-
- o I want to be the best I can be.
-
- o I want to give my wife the best I can be.
-
- o I want to do one of the few remaining acts where results are
- directly proportional to effort.
-
- o I want to look at myself in the mirror and smile.
-
- o I want my wife to look at me and smile.
-
- o I want to return this body in better shape than when I got it.
- It's on loan, you see.
-
- o "A strong believer is better than a weak believer."
-
- This is a long reply, but I feel very strongly about all these raisins,
- I mean "reasons." :-)
-
- Be happy, keep smiling. . .
-
- Aijaz.
-
- X X X X X X Aijaz A. Ansari U28022@uicvm.uic.edu
- : : : : : : : : The above are my opinions and
- =@: : : :=####=: : : :@= not necessarily anyone else's.
- : : : : : : : : "Hey! Don't slam those dumbells on my computer!"
- X X X X X X 458 Playing uproariously can help unhealthy kids
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