Exploring Happiness #62- High Maintenance Poem by June Stepansky

I am a living machine
that needs careful maintenance.
Without proper care
my warning lights will flash,
my ability to function
will be impaired.

I am a high-maintenance
living mechanism
which must be lovingly tended,
or I will certainly malfunction,
and ultimately
disintegrate.


Many of us take special care of everything in our lives except ourselves. It is as though we feel that our bodies are on auto-maintenance and will fix any malfunction without any further efforts on our part. The only time that we are apt to give ourselves the attention that is required is when we become ill or are in pain.
It is far better to treat ourselves as we do our cars and computers with preventative care.
Only with careful personal maintenance will we be able to function at the optimum levels of health and enjoyment that we all desire.

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“Let all men, if they can manage it,
contrive to be healthy.”
Thomas Carlyle


“The preservation of
health is a duty”
Herbert Spenser