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Many health or fitness fanatics who run a few kilometres every evening, working out regularly in the gyms, watching a strict diet and even counting the calories for every meal they eat, tend to think confidently that they would never get any disease or they would be the last to get any sickness, but sometimes, it is hard to say.

Reportedly, there are people who fit the above description perfectly but suffer from clogging of arteries, heart seizure and some have even collapsed while running. There was a young executive while working out in a gym during lunch hour, dropped dead. A doctor told me that some of his patients who look slim and fit die even earlier than some who are overweight. I know of a lady who avoids oil and takes strong discipline in her diet but suffers from heart disease.

I am not discouraging people from doing physical exercises or watching their daily diets, but many of us have a natural tendency to get carried away when doing something we like, and hence carry it to the extreme. Even a rubber band that is so elastic would snap when stretched to the extreme or beyond its limit.

I believe, as in all things, practise the principle of moderation and maintain a healthy body, peaceful mind and sound spirit. Anything that is good when overdone becomes counterproductive or yields diminishing return and sometimes no return.

Do physical exercise regularly. Exercice self-restraint and self-control at the same time. Be appreciative and thankful for what we have. Help others if we have the means and resources. Be at peace with ourselves and with others around us.

Live one day at a time with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.