Elixir ?

                                                                                                                     

Blog 18 ...    Physical aging is no picnic for the entire body, but it is horrendous for hands and feet.  Hands and feet that very well serve comings and goings of daily life begin to feel faster the wear of long work days and unceasing chores to which we expose them.  Able and willing hands that joyfully facilitate cleansing of almost anything and everything run over by hot and cold water show advanced signs of wrinkling from year to year.  Veins become clearly visible underneath the thinning flesh.  The repeated motion of scrubbing countertops, tables, and floors or the seemingly endless dusting of furniture pieces and cabinet faces push the hands' bones to their purposeful limits.   Because not all work could be accomplished sitting, one must stand on feet and bear one's body, especially an overweight one.  Long standing causes the legs and feet to over exert effort they usually lend.  Vanity pays a costly price for the feet too.  When one stupidly insists to cramp the feet in pointed shoes for a long period, toes curb and bend after a while and give them no room to wiggle and breathe.   The die is cast for aggravated results.  Torture given to feet and hands, made worse by neglected care and pampering, take their toll on bones of hands and feet.   Pain creeps and before one realizes, full-blown physical discomfort of joints and bones, bring &excruciating suffering.  Helping oils, ointments and massages temporarily relieve the arthritic malady, but no elixir of lasting comfort heals it!