May you always do what you are afraid to do – Ken Stornes
Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self.
Most people today rarely step outside their comfort zones. We are living progressively shelterd, sterile, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged, safety-netted lives
A radical new body of evidence shows that people are at their best-physically harder, mentally tougher, and spiritually sounder- after experiencing the same discomforts our early ancestors where exposed to every day. Scientists are finding that certain discomforts protect us from physical and psychological problems like obesity, heart disease, cancers, diabetes, depression, and anxiety, and even more fundamental issues like feeling a lack of meaning and purpose. – Michael Easter (The Comfort Crises, 2021)
Studies of identical twins place the genetic influences on longevity at between 10 and 25 percent which, by any estimation, is surprisingly low.
Our DNA is not our destiny. – David A. Sinclair PhD (Lifespan, why we age and why we don’t have to, 2019)
“I believe that aging is a disease. I believe it is treatable. I believe we can treat it within our lifetimes. And in doing so, I believe, everything we know about human health will be fundamentally changed.” – David A. Sinclair PhD (Lifespan, why we age and why we don’t have to, 2019)
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“You take the blue pill… the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill… you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes” – Morpheus (The Matrix)
“The Matrix is a system Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you are inside, you look around what do you see? Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters, the very minds of the people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still a part of that system, and them makes them our enemy. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so injured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.” – Morpheus (The Matrix)