Great day here in Indiana. It's Aldi Day! And library day. And visit with Father day. That's this morning. Golf in PM.

My hip's been bothering me lately, making it difficult to jog and swing a golf club. Ibuprofen helps, but the pain is still there.

I should probably take it easy and do nothing to aggrevate it. But over the years, with a bad back, I've concluded that rest seldom does any good. It's like a cold--it runs its course no matter what you do.

Now if I positively can't do my normal things, I'm forced to back off. Otherwise, I continue on. I have the philosophy of "use it or lose it".

That includes just about everything you can think of in the human body. One doesn't need a doctor or health instructor to tell us we need to use our muscles and bones continually, or we'll lose mass and density, and, consequently, strength.

Yet, how many people, young and old alike, lift weights or walk (or jog)? I'm guessing one in ten golfers walk--nine take a cart. Maybe one in twenty! Even kids.

The same can be said of the brain. Use it or lose it. Read, work puzzles, write, think. The thought of becoming a human "vegetable", both physically and mentally, is abhorant to me.

Yes, I'm driven to avoid infirmaties--at least those I have some say over. There's not much I can do about arthritis, but I battle through the pain, refusing to use it as an excuse for not exercising. Fortunately, I enjoy (for some unknown reason) getting out and about. It may be the endorphins. It may also simply be that I love life and living!