As a man thinks so he is
But his body may disagree,
Check Proverbs chapter 23 verse 7
And this you will almost see.
Please note the difference
That I shall mention,
Heart and brain are not the same
To this you must pay attention.
“For as a man thinks in his heart
That is the character he be,
Eat and drink says he
But his heart is not with thee.
So one gets the impression
There be two with which we think,
We think in the heart it seems to me
And with the brain there is a link.
Check out the heart
When dealing with the emotional
But consult the brain
If the matter appears intellectual.
My focus I must submit
Targets the brain and not the heart,
Body alacrity and brain lethargy:
That’s the point at which I start.
No doubt you are wondering
What I am talking about,
This idea came to me this morning
When I gave my neighbour a shout.
He is quite a way up in age
But his brain is still thinking alacrity
And the speed at which it says to move
Conflicts with his body’s lethargy.
A stumble or a stump is the oft result
Whenever these two conflict,
When his brain says to “Go!”
At the same time his body says, “Quit!”
Often times then what a man thinks
He really is not,
The brain might be ready to go
But the body’s age says stop.
So as a man thinks in his brain
He very often is not
For depending on his age
He may be rooted to the spot.
This is no conflict with the Bible
For to the heart Solomon spoke,
I am thinking with my brain’s alacrity
But my body says, “Must be a joke.”
Consider your age my body dictates
“You are not as young as before.”
And before you step with alacrity
Contemplate body lethargy a bit more.
A word to the wise is sufficient
And by now you know I’m not that wise:
Brain alacrity and Body lethargy
Only precedes old people’s demise.
The young will never experience it
That is if they die before they get old,
Brain alacrity and body lethargy
Is for senior citizens only, I am told.
Stewart Russell © February 2019
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