Numbers

I have never been so focused on numbers as I have been these past two weeks.  Yes, of course, music is numbers and that knowledge has led me into its inner sanctum where secrets are revealed and deep understanding occurs. 

Now though, numbers are now influencing other parts of my life.  It started with a visit to my doctor.  I work in healthcare, but I managed to stay away from my doctor’s door for two years. If he had not told me so much time had gone by since I was last in his office, I would not have had any idea. It’s not that I don’t like him—I do.  Every time I meet up with him in the hall of one of our hospitals, we greet each other warmly.  A few weeks ago though, he informed me though that such encounters do not count as a visit to him.  Silly me.

Once he had me in his grips, the jig was up.  Turns out he is even more into numbers than I was—he took my blood pressure, my… ahem.. weight, ordered blood work.  When all the numbers were in he asked me back to his office for a chat.  Looking into my eyes he delivered the news: “You must lose weight to stay healthy and vibrant and to do all that you want to do.”

Like this was a surprise.  Like I didn’t know.  But now, he knew.  And he knew because of my numbers.

So it is that I’m on a campaign to get into shape.  There’s no time limit, although it would be nice to be trim by my daughter’s wedding in December.  The numbers I work with are those that register on the scale each weigh-in, those that indicate the Weight Watcher points I have left at the end of the day, and those that appear on my pedometer.  I faithfully record them all—a running account of my life in numbers.

“The greatest wealth is health.” –Virgil

“In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.” –Author Unknown

“The I in illness is isolation, and the crucial letters in wellness are we.” –Author Unknown, as quoted in Mimi Guarneri,  The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Reveals the Secret Language of Healing

Enjoy your day!