Show YOUR HEALTH AND WELFARE I Ve U should all endeavor to ac acquire ac- ac quire qumire good o d health habits ts A habit is the tIme result of repeating an act again and land again in the tIme same way Yay and under tinder the same sanie circumstances es un- un uni i i L i tUa t LIl cA s j vi e. lV e n c city ity Y of thinking thinking about about i it i before before- hand Habits are natures nature's way of saving our minds from a great deal cleat of wear and armul tear Habits make it possible to carry c rry on the small de details Ic- Ic details tails of everyday living with the least output of energy and effort It I t also increases our efficiency Health Heath habits are arc simply routine practices developed for forthe the purpose pf o giving you jou greater freedom and more efficient use of your body and mind Good habits ha its may be acquired ed by hy persistent practice and a abacI bad habit discarded by persistent and conscious disuse it may not be easy but it can be done The Time brain nervous system and amI muscles control our ability abili to think and feel and ClI I act The nature of these cannot be lie changed but hut we weare weare weare are free to train trait them so that they will wilt help us to live successfully and comfortably The Tue human body has las no value except in use us It 1 t is S worth only as much uch as we have the intelligence and ancl desire to make it worth Most l of us come into the world with a perfect body whether it will meet the time demands made upon it through through- throughout out life life- depends upon 1 the in intelligent in- in intelligent care and training training- given by those responsible for it in the early dependent and amid developmental years and 2 the tIme intelligent care and training given by hy its owner after alter he is iS old enough to assume re responsibility re- re for it Your body is much more deli deli- delicate cate rate and complicated than any ma ma- machine machine machine chine but compare the way you treat it with the way you yott would treat a new nei automobile al You know what happens when you disregard the instructions given you for the care eare of your car Likewise if we follow the time instructions given us by people who understand the mechanism ism isun of our bodies and develop the right kind of habits and practices early eaily in life we can be assured of better health greater accomplish accomplish- accomplishments acComplishments ments merits and possibly longer life BOUNTIFUL WOMEN'S SAFETY COUNCIL from Red Reel Cross Nursing Manual |