Last week I drove to Green Bay, WI to see a friend...a dying friend, a former bandmate from 1989. Back then Deano was around 22, a great musician, and partier and no doubt at such a young age, feeling indestructable. Unfortunately 30+ plus years later, Father Time will get the last word. The trip was 700 miles and 12 hours for what amounted to a 5 hour visit. Didn't know what to expect when I got there or how I would react being with someone who is terminal and KNOWS IT and has for awhile. We had a nice visit and when I left, knowing it would probably be the last time I saw him. Hopefully his sister who kind of takes care of him, will keep me posted. This incident along with the countless commercials I see and other people I know, remind me that health is often about "choices". My "come to Jesus" moment happened in 1999 with the fear of Cancer, but luckily it wasn't. Since then, "health" is always "top of mind" and a daily routine to stave off Father Time for as long as possible especially now as being on the wrong side of 65. Back to Basics 101 was started with the goal to get people to "think" about their health before a crisis happens or it is simply "too late" as is the case with Deano. With everything I have tried to do, all the money, time, and energy, it has fallen on "deaf" ears as people seem to just continue "as is". The icing on the cake...my last county fair of this Summer, my booth was next to that of a baker selling his specialty pastry called a "Kringle". They look yummy filled with fruits, sugar, calories, and fat...unhealthy as heck, but he was selling the crap out of them. Clearly people weren't concern and just wanted self gratification. While one "Kringle" is nothing, it is all the other Kringles that accumulate over time and cause problems. There are two good reasons that affect health...nutritional deficiencies and environmental toxicity. The first is simple...not giving our bodies the nutrition it needs, kinda like trying to race a car at Daytona using 87 ocatane ethanol gas. The second, an environment full of toxins that the covid pandemic has higlighted. There are "real" supplements that can give our bodies what it needs and there is "real" green technology that can help protect us from the toxins we are exposed to everyday. Vollara, the company I represent has those kind of solutions. www.arniebenning.com 3196104290
