Stress, Sleep & Your Health – OHR #414

In my reading I ran across this from Mark Twain…

“Don’t part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”

Illusion: Definition from Webster;

1. a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses,
2. a deceptive appearance or impression,
3. a false idea or belief.

Mr. Webster, ever the pessimist in these definitions. He missed one…

Another definition of an illusion is a self created perception. It’s your determination of the future of what you will do or be or have. You create a dream-illusion of a desirable future and you proceed by your actions to make it come true. You can see that illusion is a two-edged sword. Both sides cut and both sides are true.

Many think that the future is totally uncontrollable or unpredictable, or that we have no say in it. But that is an illusion – a false idea or belief. For example: A well prepared student will get good grades. A loyal and productive worker will be valued by his employer. A person who betrays his friends or cheats on his wife will suffer a tormented life. One could look from above and see that all of these are likely.

Deciding to be healthy and living according to good health habits can be a good predictor of how your health will be. That’s organic food, exercise, supplements, sunshine and attention to sleep and stressors. Thinking that you will be healthy with fast food, too much alcohol and 25 pounds overweight is a total illusion of the false kind.

Illusions are valuable when you decide to cause the future by using the laws of biology and good morals as your basis.  Illusions will get you in the soup if you dream you can have things that disregard the laws of nature and common sense.  There is no such thing in life as a free lunch. But those who make themselves a lunch now will be able to eat it later!  If you keep creating illusions and dreams your life will be rich with activity and excitement and you will cause your own future.  Never part with them for they are the substance of life itself.

Have a great week.

Dr. David I Minkoff, MD

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