Look At Yourself

I've noticed that over the decades there has been a growing tendency to give a medical diagnosis to conditions that were once thought to be the result of a person's poor life choices or habits. Obesity, alcoholism and drug addiction readily come to mind.
Dr. Ernst Van Aaken wrote the following a little over 50 years ago.
I believe that it's a foolish and potentially dangerous thing to ignore personal accountability when it comes to our health.
Dr. Van Aaken writes:

"Nowadays, so-called experts talk about "diseases of civilization" as something obvious and acceptable, and it's hard not to notice the undertone of rationalization for our own sins against healthy living.We've discovered a whipping boy to take the blame for damage caused by filthy air, water pollution, lack of sunlight, noise damage, the flood of sense stimulation, speed craze in traffic and in occupational life, movement laziness, cigarette addiction, dietary damage and greed, chronic over-fatigue, nervousness, alcoholism, dope addiction and today's most visible catastrophe, coronary problems and cancer. We need to look at ourselves in regards to these conditions.
 All the above-named damages can be boiled down to three basic causes:
1. Oxygen deficiency(from lack of exercise)
2. Overeating
3.Weakness of will"

Dr. Van Aaken's words makes me think of the following quote--I can't recall who said it.
“Every excuse I ever heard made perfect sense to the person who made it. ”

Pace run for 20 minutes at 2/3's speed---stretching and calisthenics after.

How was your day?