The battery of life

I was asked recently: is your birthday almost up? I didn’t know how to respond. I had mixed feelings. Birthdays are naturally supposed to make people happy. Yet, I was only reminded of my increasing age… and decreasing life.

To each one of us is given a single lease of life. At birth, you come with a fresh battery full of life. As you age, the battery wanes 🪫, you lose your vivacity, your energy, and for some people, their thoughts and mental abilities🧠. With every year, your decay increases and your death ☠️ nears… How sad it is then, when you fall permanently sick or incapacitated. These are the facts of life and the unfortunate destiny of mankind.

Plants are slow growers. By taking of plants, our growth becomes slower as well, delaying our ageing process. Animals are fast growers and they are currently grown with growth hormones that make them grow faster. Using animal foods therefore hasten our growth and puts us at risk of many diseases.

This single battery of life can be prolonged or shortened by our food🥒🌽, water, activities, and environment. In this day and age where alcoholism and smoking🚭 have become fashionable (a joie de vivre) and animal flesh has replaced plants as the staple diet in many societies, the age of man is counted in decades🕰. Sadly, for us, plants can live for centuries⏳… It is therefore no wonder, that diets and medicines from plants 🌱 prolong our batteries of life.

Plants are slow growers, but animals are faster growers🐣. From creation, plants were made to give us energy and longevity (Gen. 1:29-30). Hence, feeding mainly on plants 🪴 slows down our growth while animal foods hasten our growth and depletes our batteries 🪫: cancers, diabetes, hypertension, strokes, kidney and liver diseases🫀, etc. Manufacturing has also exposed mankind to many environmental evils: pollution and deforestation.

Sadly, most of the diseases that are causing most deaths in the world are caused by animal foods, which are rich in cholesterol and fats. Animal foods also contain hormones, and other chemicals (food additives) that can also affect the health of consumers.

Man is bent on finding a solution to extend his lifespan⏳. Hence, millions of money have been pumped into research to find ageing genes 🧬 and anti-ageing molecules. Yet, besides the men who lived before the flood, who lived to almost a millennium, none of us after the flood or after Abraham, has lived beyond 2 centuries🥀. The tree of life that could perpetuate life, was taken away and none of us have access to it.

Therefore, whenever you engage in injurious activities or unhealthy lifestyle🚬, please remember, that you have only one battery of life☝🏽. Once your battery is depleted or misused, you will not get another one. What are you eating, what are you drinking, and what are you exposing yourself to🤷🏽‍♂️? Is it preserving and prolonging your life or depleting it? Think about these🧏🏻‍♀️…