The heart
is a dependable little organ (as long as you take care of it well). It works
everyday, including Sundays and holidays. This little engine keeps on pumping
nonstop. And it continues pumping even when we are asleep.
It never
complains about the weather and never ask for a vacation. It works best when
treated well. In fact it continues to serve even when working conditions are
stressfull.
Our
pumping machine is about the size of one’s fist and weighs just a little more
than a pound. It beats about 70 times a minute, 4200 times an hour, 100,800
times a day, and 36,792,000 times a year. The heart of a 70 year old person has
beaten over 2.5 billion times.
The heart
generates enough energy in 50years to lift a battleship out of the water. In
the average of a lifetime, it pumps enough blood to fill 3.3 supertankers!
According
to one encyclopedia, the heart pumps blood through about 12,000miles of blood
vessels in the human body. That is about the distance from San Francisco, California,
to Nairobi-Kenya, or half way around the world.
Although
this organ, which keeps our blood constantly circulating, can be weakened by
disease or abuse, it generally gives excellent ceaseless service for many years
before it finally stops. When it stops, we die…
Culled
from- Fred Cowell’s (What If Your Heart
Stops) www.gtpress.org
So
you’d better don’t abuse your heart
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