Handle with Care. Fragile.

Talking about the human body ... 

Bharat called me today in the morning, and informed me that he is on bed rest, in a hospital, following severe neck and spinal pains, and is being fed through drips and all. 

While all you can do with a patient is be patient yourself, my head was abusing him from within. Here's what people do: 

1. They make sure that their Blackberries stay in their leather covers when they aren't using them;
2. They make sure that the laptop bag or backpack is well cushioned from all sides;
3. They make sure that they laminate the screens on their phones ...

and a whole lot of other stuff, but they forget that their bodies are machines as well, and need proper food, proper power, proper maintenance. I know Bharat spent the last month staring endlessly at his screen and proving his loyalties to his employers ... but any excuse for not getting proper exercise is just that - an excuse. 

People have all the time in the world to get 4 hrs of exercise in a week, and people have the know-how of what to do and not, and people can also put in a one-time effort and discover a sport they can play in their locality. But people are lazy bums who feel that by working all day they have done something commendable. 

Anyway, get well soon, Bharat. 

We don't stop playing because we grow old,

we grow old because we stop playing.

G. B. Shaw