Health care reform begins at home

As national health care reform takes shape, hopefully, it's time to consider what may be the only really effective health insurance. 

The only real control we have is preventative care. While health news seems to change daily, we have to listen to our own bodies and use logic. Floss. Eat more vegetables. Eat less. Force our bodies to work so they work well. Stretch. Walk up the stairs. 

Seinfeld once joked about people who work out in the gym just so they could be in shape to go to the gym again. Well, it is funny how our society has made exercise seem like a hamster wheel. But like cars, regular maintenance helps everything out in the long run. 

Stand tall. Take small steps. But take control.

As Michael Jackson sang: "I'm looking at the man in the mirror."

Or as my friend Taharba said about his regular workout habit: "Just gotta keep it tight."