…Your Health is a Bunch of T-Shirts by Dr. Reed Nelson
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e all know the people that wear the T-shirts. You know the shirts with the interesting sayings on them. Although I don’t often wear T-shirts, I have quite the collection. During the 27 year journey of helping others with their health, I have accumulated a collection of truths about us humans. These T-shirts contain wise words about the life and health of the human being. Now I should mention, I cannot take you through my whole wardrobe in this article. We can however certainly take a peek at a few shirts. Each of the shirts in this writing either does, should or will have books written about them. They are just interesting truths. So open your mind as I take you into my closet.
You’re unique but you’re not that special You’re Quite the shirt! We UNIQUE all are unique. We all but you’re have amazing potennot that tial. You can thank SPECIAL the world designer. Without our unique differences the world would be quite boring. Despite these differences, pretty much the same stuff happens to all of us. At some point in time, we all will have an unfortunate health injury. Pretty much everyone will turn an ankle, break a bone, or fall. We all will be hurt by some-
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one or something physically and/or mentally. As well, all of us will be helped by someone kind. Bob is a good example of a guy that needs this shirt in his closet. I will say Bob is unique, I enjoy him. Bob also thought he was special. Bob thought he didn’t need sleep like the rest of us. Bob told me, “I only sleep 3-4 hours per night.” He was proud of it! “That’s all I need,” Bob said. I told Bob generally that is not good for your health. Bob replied, “No, it's fine for me, I’ve been doing it for years.” In short, Bob began to have problems with his body. He achieved many degenerative joints and
